

All told, the penalties threatened to send Glover to prison for life. Once the legal proceedings began Glover faced charges of mutilating a corpse, using a firearm while committing a felony, and second-degree murder. When the police moved in to arrest Glover he appeared heavily sedated on a mixture of illegal drugs. He was also stabbed over 80 – 100 times.Ĭlark finally called the police and told them of the crime, insisting that Glover forced her to take part in the grisly events.

By the end of the third day Beckowitz’ limbs had been removed from his body, as well as his head. They also posed with the body in many other demeaning and sexually exploitative positions while they and the body were nude. Both Clark and Glover posed for pictures while using a hacksaw on the body. While ingesting copious amounts of drugs, the pair spent the next three days mutilating Beckowitz’ body. What happened next and why is a matter of conjecture. 33-year-old Robert Beckowitz was sitting next to his girlfriend, Jeannine Clark, and watching the TV show “Benny Hill” when his friend James Glover came up behind him and shot a. In July of 1982 Detroit was rocked by the news of a twisted murder that took place within the city.
