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They also found human skulls fashioned into soup bowls; lampshades and costumes made from human skin; and mutilated female body parts, among other nightmare fuel.

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Khalusha was the prime suspect in the murder of more than 40 women whose mutilated bodies were discovered in a disused quarry that became a dumpsite in the capital, Nairobi.

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Their mutilated bodies were found several days later and police revealed that their killers had livestreamed their torture and killing on Instagram.

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Ms Fasold says she imagined her father's body would be handled with respect - but instead it was "mutilated", she believes.

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Dashi's father was "murdered – shot and mutilated" in the family's pharmacy in Somalia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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