In the dramatic conclusion of a trial as memorable for its being sickening as the kind of precedent it may set about fantasies of murder without follow-through, the New York City "Cannibal Cop" just got eaten by a federal jury.
If someone on the Internet told you they had experience jumping off bridges and surviving, would you believe that person? If someone on the Internet told you they had experience cooking and eating humans, would you believe that person?
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"He encouraged me to run at night" and his porn collection saw "dead" and severed people, Kathleen Mangan-Valle said during chilling opening testimony in the trial of her husband — a trial that is already sending shivers to anyone who thinks their ex might have been the least bit creepy.
In order to convince a judge to deny Valle his bail request in court Tuesday, prosecutors revealed that NYPD cop Gilberto Valle had been planning way in advance for a Thanksgiving meal of "girl meat.""
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