--- description: The victim is thought to be a light-skinned male title: Man Arrested in Connection with Gruesome San Francisco Dismemberment image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Arrested in Connection with Headless Torso Discovery  by [Mandy Oaklander](/author/mandy-oaklander/)  ## Mandy Oaklander Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 31, 2015 9:15 PM CUT  by [Mandy Oaklander](/author/mandy-oaklander/)  ## Mandy Oaklander Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 31, 2015 9:15 PM CUT Police in San Francisco have [arrested](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Man-Detained-in-Connection-to-Body-Part-Filled-Suitcase-290403641.html "undefined") a man suspected of involvement in the case of a suitcase discovered earlier this week containing a headless human torso, plus other body parts in surrounding blocks. 59-year-old Mark Andrus was arrested today less than a mile from where the suitcase was discovered, reports NBC Bay Area. An anonymous tipster called the SFPD and said that Andrus, allegedly shown in a photograph released by police, was staying at the Sala Burton Manor apartment building. The suitcase was found in the city’s South of Market neighborhood, a block away from Twitter’s headquarters. The victim has yet to be identified, but medical examiners have confirmed that the parts are from a light-skinned male. \[[_NBC Bay Area_](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Man-Detained-in-Connection-to-Body-Part-Filled-Suitcase-290403641.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3691123/san-francisco-suitcase-body-parts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3691123/san-francisco-suitcase-body-parts/"},"headline":"Man Arrested in Connection with Headless Torso Discovery","datePublished":"2015-01-31T21:15:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:02:44.359Z","description":"The victim is thought to be a light-skinned male","url":"https://time.com/3691123/san-francisco-suitcase-body-parts/","keywords":["Crime","San Francisco"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mandy Oaklander","jobTitle":"Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mandy-oaklander/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3691123/san-francisco-suitcase-body-parts/","name":"Man Arrested in Connection with Headless Torso Discovery"}}]}] ```