The murder trials of Evelyn Dick (born October 13, 1920 in Beamsville, Ontario) remain the most sensationalized events in Canadian crime history. is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Evelyn was arrested for murder after local children in Hamilton, Ontario^[1] found the torso of her missing estranged husband. The head and limbs had been sawed from his body and evidence that they had been burned in the furnace of her home later surfaced. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: , Country Province Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government  - Mayor Fred Eisenberger  - City Council Hamilton City Council  - MPs List of MPs Dean Allison Chris Charlton David Christopherson Wayne Marston David Sweet  - MPPs List of MPPs Sophia Aggelonitis Andrea... The human torso Torso is an anatomical term for the greater part of the human body without the head and limbs. ...

A well known school yard song at the time went as follows:

You cut off his legs...

You cut off his arms...

You cut off his head...

How could you Mrs Dick?

How could you Mrs Dick?

The Forgotten Rebels used these lyrics for the song Evelyn Dick on their (Untitled) album in 1989. The Forgotten Rebels are a punk rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...

She was first convicted of the murder in 1946 and sentenced to hang. However, lawyer J.J. Robinette appealed her case and won an eventual acquittal. John Josiah Robinette John Josiah Robinette (November 20, 1906 - November 18, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer who was one of Canadas premier legal authorities. ...

However, in the meantime a partly mummified body of a baby boy was found in her attic, encased in cement in an old suitcase. She was tried again for murder in 1947 and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Evelyn was released from prison in 1958 and quickly disappeared from public.

A movie was released in 2002 which suggests that Evelyn protected her parents, who were also viable suspects in the murder of her baby and husband, and that she was sexually abused by her father and exploited by both parents (especially by her mother) to provide them a higher standing and income.

The case was also the subject of the 2005 film noir musical, 'Black Widow'.

External links

• Evelyn Dick - The 'Torso' Murder
• Biography of Evelyn Dick

References

1. ^ The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition page MP38 (Saturday June 10, 2006). The Hamilton Memory Project;. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-30.

• Alex Chapple (Director), Dennis Foon, Marjorie Freeman Campbell (book). (2002). Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story [Film]. Canada: Shaftesbury Films Inc..