Cold case involving body parts found in suitcases nearly 30 years ago resolved in Ohio

A cold case involving body parts found in suitcases in northern Ohio in 1998 has been resolved.

On Feb. 1, 1998, a group of children found a suitcase in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County. The sheriff’s office said the suitcase had a male pelvis and part of a leg inside it, WOIO, a CBS affiliate in Cleveland, reported.

Five days later, on Feb. 6, a second suitcase containing a torso was found in Jefferson Township, which is also within Tuscarawas County.

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The sheriff asked detectives to look at the case again in 2023…

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