Laura Belle Devlin

The Handsaw Slayer

Time has a way of working on the mind and conscience. According to Laura Devlin, she had suffered years of abuse at the hands of her husband as well as multiple attempts on her life by the man who swore to love and cherish her "Until Death." At the age of 72, she'd had enough.

Devlin killed her husband and apparently wanted to make sure he stayed dead. She cut off his arms and head with a handsaw. But that wasn't enough. Devlin placed his dismembered body in the oven and tossed his torso in the backyard.

Newark Police found the the torso and the handsaw in the backyard. Devlin did not deny killing the man. She was arrested and booked at the Newark Police Department and then taken to the Old County Jail to be incarcerated. She was later sent to Lima Ohio for Psychiatric Evaluations and died there of Pneumonia.

If Devlin is still wandering the halls, I'd be suspicious of any food she offers. You never know what she's been baking.