"The head could be anywhere": The mystery of the headless torso under Piccadilly station that led to a playboy millionaire

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"Murder cops hunt chainsaw maniacs," read the Manchester Evening News headline. It was the first report of a macabre murder that more 30 years later still has detectives baffled.

On December 17, 1993, Manchester was packed in the run up to Christmas. It was 'Mad Friday' and as shoppers and revellers poured into the city centre Piccadilly Station was bustling.

But just yards away, near a railway arch on Wyre Street. a gruesome discovery was about to be made. There on a stone slab lay a charred, headless, torso of man.

It was naked except for a pair of Marks & Spencer underpants. READ MORE: One-by-one, their powerful words saw justice done Traces of petrol and two spent matches were found near the body.

Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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