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Show Woman's Torso Found in Lake; Police Push Beheader Search CLEVELAND, May S (AP) Cosrt gusrds took the lower portion por-tion of a woman'! torso from Lske Erie todsy, giving new impetus to ths police investigation of Cleveland's series of beheadings. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber report-1 ed te police that the piece of a human hu-man body found today definitely waa the lower part of the torso found In ths laks nearly 10 miles away about two months sgo the eighth victim of tht kllltr. Tht vsr-ttbrat vsr-ttbrat of tht two portions matched, as did the angles of ths cuts, he said. The portion of the body found today bad been cut off below ths breasts snd st ths hips. It was first seen la the lake by Howard Tocham, operator of a concession at the Great Lakes sxpoeltion on the laktfronL If tht portion la part of tha body found February 23, tht list of crutl killings stands at sight flvs man snd three women. Tht bodies of four mala victims were found in Kingsbury run, a small, dirty stream flowing through the Industrial section nt the southern south-ern rim of the downtown section. Only two of the victims hsvs been Identified. Coroner Gerber, who hts madt a thorough study of tha killings, said he believed all ware committed by tht sams person. The cutting In each case was nsatly done, appar-tntly appar-tntly by a person acquainted with body structure. Police theories range from a mad butcher to a sex-crassd sex-crassd maniac as ths killer. Dr. Gerber said "friendship" probably prob-ably Is the lure which led tht victims vic-tims Into the killer's hands. Ht tCostimiM mi P.. Ilfhtl tCsiuau due i rail's torso FOUliDjll LAKE in ii 7 I w ra o waiaed pahe eel wash ar that Dm aiarar preBaaty at -making frw.nW wak kla ant WKiae. Th akeeac ef mark f wte-lean wte-lean aa le victim,' ln OerWr aaid. aaiat that thee peep) prehakry traveled aasaspietlaoTly la the eemsaay af tha )ii)ilw ef tka ataaia aad Mtf bar haewa Jartr atar-.' He pectared th klHaa a shrewd, ai ml peraia wh wait aatll pastac Interest la tka lataat boh eating has abated be far vaymytaf kM van Wum. Dr. Oar K WUHeaaa, eaperuv tea laat af the Cleveland Ui kee-aeuU kee-aeuU far Ua laaiaa, aaid n rm Bleed Battels af InaaaMy fused tha - kan rt alkeas ( ik slayer. H aid k ran 14 aet conceive af a typical antal eaaa carrying threat k tka dleaaira so resents la lk way la Which they war dona. la at least eta af tka killings, tk llmir'l sasmlnatlea shewed, tha bead bad kaaa cat aft while tk Tertsm bead. After tk lhUi victim ni found. PovsettT Orlay May said, "Ha gives a aa regularly every flra bmm.' Hoeeaai, the laat killing wa aly a Stile BMra thaa twa montka age. |