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Munich Chef Dismembered

By David Lohr

A Munich, Germany angler, out for a few hours of fishing along the banks of the Isar River, caught what he thought would be one of the most memorable fish he had ever hooked-except that what he reeled in was not a fish.  It was a man's arm with its hand attached.  Interestingly, the fingertips from the hand were missing, adding to the macabre, disturbing and bizarre discovery.  The fisherman promptly reported his gruesome find to the local police. Following an investigation, police announced that the arm with hand was that of one of Germany's top chefs, Markus Schindlbeck, 35, who had recently disappeared prior to leaving on a trip to Barcelona, one of Europe's hot-spot destinations, with his girlfriend.  According to investigators, the chef's body had been butchered, cut into a number of pieces, and thrown into a river...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).