Montana will have a hard time forgetting the summer of 1970. On Saturday, July 11 a human torso was discovered on the banks of the Yellowstone River. The chest cavity had been opened with a blade and the heart removed. Police were both puzzled and shocked.
Then the body parts started showing up downstream. At the time, the murder was deemed a mystery for lack of suspects. In the meantime, miles away near Big Sur, California, the Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle that answered the description of an earlier hit-and-run incident. Inside were two men who could not prove that they were the owners of the car. Believing they were involved in a crime, the officer proceeding to arrest them when one of them -- out of the blue -- said: "I have a problem . . . I'm a cannibal."
It was not long after that this incident was linked to the murder in Montana, and from there, a remarkable and grisly tale emerged from the suspects. This is the incredible story from the October, 1970 issue of TRUE DETECTIVE. True crime, ripped from the pages of history!