Crime & Justice

How a Detective Helped Nail the Torso Killer—From the Grave

HIS LAST CASE

Det. Pat Bellotti was on desk duty, battling cancer, when he opened a letter in 2003. What he did next would help solve a case two decades later.

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Photo Illustrations by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Courtesy of Darlene Altman