IL - Family discovers dismembered body in suitcases of relative from KY, Sept 2020 *arrest*

[JaneEyre]

Dismembered body parts found in suitcases in Illinois.

This is creepy.

Police Chief Terry White says the family did not know what was in the man’s bags, but became suspicious when he never unpacked and kept guarding his suitcases.

“There were some early reports of a foul odor coming from the bags,” White said.

The man left the house Tuesday morning and headed to a library, leaving his suitcases behind.

 

[Clair Louise]

Goodness!

 

[Mind your biscuits]

That's bizarre, most murderers want to get rid of the body not take it on a visit to relatives! I wonder what he was looking up at the Library. Moo.

 

[beatrixpotter]

Yikes!

Who thinks it's better to carry a corpse on vacation instead of disposing of it?

 

[bestill]

This is weird!

That's bizarre, most murderers want to get rid of the body not take it on a visit to relatives! I wonder what he was looking up at the Library. Moo.

Maybe a report of a missing person? imo

 

[ShHolmz]

From the article...
“The man has not been charged with a crime, but remained in police custody Tuesday night.”
Why don’t we start with abuse of a corpse?

 

[bestill]

This link has more info:
Markham Police Chief Terry White said a man, 30-year-old Melvin Martin Jr., transported the body parts of his 31-year-old girlfriend from a Greyhound bus station in Louisville to downtown Chicago. White said Martin told officers he still wanted to be with "at least part of her."

https://www.wdrb.com/news/police-in...er/article_59a9df0c-f840-11ea-a640-7bd072f256

 

[Mind your biscuits]

This link has more info:
Markham Police Chief Terry White said a man, 30-year-old Melvin Martin Jr., transported the body parts of his 31-year-old girlfriend from a Greyhound bus station in Louisville to downtown Chicago. White said Martin told officers he still wanted to be with "at least part of her."

https://www.wdrb.com/news/police-in...er/article_59a9df0c-f840-11ea-a640-7bd072f256

404 on that link.

 

[oviedo]

So how did the girlfriend become body parts ?

 

[TTF14]

This link has more info:
Markham Police Chief Terry White said a man, 30-year-old Melvin Martin Jr., transported the body parts of his 31-year-old girlfriend from a Greyhound bus station in Louisville to downtown Chicago. White said Martin told officers he still wanted to be with "at least part of her."

https://www.wdrb.com/news/police-in...er/article_59a9df0c-f840-11ea-a640-7bd072f256

Oh my goodness.

Thankfully he's a dum dum.

 

[JaneEyre]

That's bizarre, most murderers want to get rid of the body not take it on a visit to relatives! I wonder what he was looking up at the Library. Moo.

I wonder what those poor librarians feel after finding out.

 

[bestill]

This is even more gruesome info:

Police: Louisville man dismembered girlfriend, brought body parts to Illinois by bus

 

[bestill]

This link has more info:
Markham Police Chief Terry White said a man, 30-year-old Melvin Martin Jr., transported the body parts of his 31-year-old girlfriend from a Greyhound bus station in Louisville to downtown Chicago. White said Martin told officers he still wanted to be with "at least part of her."

https://www.wdrb.com/news/police-in...er/article_59a9df0c-f840-11ea-a640-7bd072f256

404 on that link.

That's odd.

 

[JaneEyre]

I wonder if we have a thread on the missing woman. She hasn't been named yet. From Louisville.

 

[ShHolmz]

Police: Murder suspect took suitcase with body parts inside to Illinois

At about 2 p.m. Wednesday, they found the woman's torso in a park near the location of the homicide.

This article has his photo.

 

[ShHolmz]

I wonder if we have a thread on the missing woman. She hasn't been named yet. From Louisville.

I can’t find one but she was missing for 30 days prior

 

[JaneEyre]

As soon as she is named, I will ask a mod to change the title, then, if there is no other thread.

 

[oviedo]

Just when you think murdering a SO can’t get any worse - here we are ...
JMO

 

[JaneEyre]

In NAMUS, I'm only finding one female from Kentucky who was reported missing between August 1st and now. She's 51, Black, and went missing from Louisville.

Asha Hassan Hussein, Female, Black / African American

 

[JerseyGirl]

Melvin Martin Jr. has initially been charged with fleeing prosecution. He had been staying with family in Markham.

Martin was arrested Monday at the Markham Public Library after curious family members peeked into the bags that Martin seemed preoccupied with during his stay.

A severed head and other body parts were found in the bags, while police in Kentucky found the woman’s torso.

Martin had been staying with family for about a week, and family members became curious after he asked them on at least two occasions to purchase clothing for him despite arriving on a Greyhound bus in Chicago toting the bags.

Martin eventually moved the two bags to the home’s garage, and the family made the discovery after Martin had left for the library.

The woman was Martin’s girlfriend, and that it appears the woman’s death was the result of a domestic dispute that occurred about a month ago.

Man charged after Markham family members find severed head, body parts in his duffel bags