Manhattan Strip Clubs: "Headless Body in Topless Bar" convict says he’s innocent
… Headless Body in Topless Bar” convict says he’s innocent
It’s one of the most famous headlines in modern journalism, courtesy of the New York Post. Charles Dingle, the man convicted of the crime, is fighting to be paroled and tells the paper that he didn’t commit the crime. According to investigators, Dingle was drinking at a strip club when he shot the owner in the head. He held four women hostage and raped one of them.
At some point, he learned that one of the women was also a mortician and tried to get her to remove the bullet from the owner’s head, the Post reports. (No bullet, no way to tie him to the crime, right?) She wasn’t able to, though, so Dingle allegedly made her cut off the man’s head with a steak knife.