How grisly discovery on a farm led cops to ‘Jigsaw Killer’ who scattered limbs across UK in month-long reign of terror
How grisly discovery on a farm led cops to ‘Jigsaw Killer’ who scattered limbs across UK in month-long reign of terror
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THE Jigsaw Killer left cops gruesome clues as he scattered body parts across the UK in a month-long reign of terror. A severed leg, hacked off from the thigh, was discovered wrapped in blue plastic in the sleepy village of Cottered in Hertfordshire on March 22, 2009.
![[Headshot of Jeffrey Howe.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/26580683-jigsaw-killer-snared-victim-967066216.jpg?strip=all&w=405)
A week later, a left forearm from the same cadaver was found by traumatised dog walkers around 25miles away in Wheathampstead. After two days, another gruesome find was made nearly 100miles away in Asfordby. Police responded to calls from a terrified farmer who spotted a human head in his field.
![[Mugshot of a man with short graying hair.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image_f61d6e.png?strip=all&w=620)
To their horror, the eyes, nose, tongue and ears had been removed. But the Jigsaw Killer wasn't finished, a week later the right leg was uncovered by a pest control employee in a layby on the A10, in Puckeridge. Detectives were then notified of a torso, right arm and upper left arm being left in Standon on April 11.
![[Mugshot of a young woman with short brown hair.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image_392926.png?strip=all&w=620)
Cops feared they were dealing with a skilled surgeon as the limbs were cut "to almost surgical standards". And, the torso offered the first clue as to how the victim was killed - two brutal stab wounds. But the force were still unable to identify the body and employed facial reconstruction experts to create an image for appeals.
![[Illustration of Jigsaw Killer case map showing body parts discovery locations and timeline.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/KH-COMP-JIGSAW-KILLER-MAP-v2.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Jigsaw Killer's victim was revealed as Jeffrey Howe after his adopted brother came forward to report he'd been missing for weeks. Further searches led them to Jeffrey's home in Southgate, North London. Detectives discovered he had been renting a room to friend Stephen Marshall, then 38, and his girlfriend Sarah Bush, 21.
![[Police evidence photo of a dark-blue duffel bag.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/26580683-jigsaw-killer-snared-victim-967067201.jpg?strip=all&w=798)
