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British man Patrick Mahon was arrested on suspicion of murder after coming forward at London Waterloo train station to claim her bag.
him Quickly, he confessed that the bloody knife and the case inside were related to the death of his mistress, Emily Kaye. Mahon then directed Scotland Yard detectives to a particularly grisly scene in a Sussex bungalow, where Kaye’s remains were found, dismembered and hidden among hatboxes, trunks and tin cans. of biscuits.
The pathologist in charge of the case, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, confessed that Although he was accustomed to horrors through his career, he had never seen remains in such a horrible state.
Mahon’s wife initiated the investigation by asking a friend and former police officer to review the claim ticket for luggage that she had found before in Mahon’s suit, since before her husband had cheated on her on multiple occasions and had even been in jail for crimes such as robbery and violence.
After his arrest at the train station, Mahon claimed that the victim , who was pregnant with his child, had slipped and hit her head, killing her. He argued that he was only trying to protect his marriage by disposing of the body the way he did.
The coroner in charge, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, had no choice but to attempt to reconstruct Kaye’s body in order to find the cause of death. Over the course of several days, he painstakingly reconstructed her body from the various remaining parts. Spilsbury, missing only her head, was able to dismiss Mahon’s claim that a single fall was responsible for her death. He also deduced that Kaye had been dismembered with a knife that Mahon had bought before the murder.
The knife and a saw were bought by Mahon in a shop near Victoria Station in London.
A major investigative innovation emerged at the crime scene at the Sussex Bungalow: The officers, not equipped with gloves, were forced to pick up Kaye’s remains with their bare hands. After Mahon’s investigation, rubber gloves became standard equipment at crime scenes.
Much of the case of Mahón is linked to myths and legends. Mahon allegedly told a fellow inmate that he was burning Kaye’s head on the stove when her eyes suddenly popped open.
Mahon was executed for murder in September 1924 and is considered one of the most vicious murderers in England.
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