Episode 473: Hayward Bissell and the Murder of Patricia Booher

<p>On January 24, 2000, sheriff’s deputies in Mentone, Alabama stopped an older model Lincoln with Ohio plates that they suspected was involved in a hit-and-run accident earlier that day. The driver was thirty-seven-year-old Hayward Bissell of Norwalk, Ohio and strapped into the seat beside him was the remains of his twenty-four-year-old girlfriend, Patricia Booher. To the deputies’ horror, Booher’s hand and leg had been severed from her body, her eyes had been gouged out, and her heart and liver had been torn out, but were still in the car. Further investigation revealed that, in addition to Booher’s murder, Bissell had also attempted to kill two other couples on what appeared to be a rampage across two states.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to the ever so talented David White for research assistance :)</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>-Schizophrenia &amp; Psychosis Action Alliance -&nbsp;</p><p>Website:<a href="http://sczaction.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sczaction.org</a></p><p>Services: Education and support groups&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)</p><p>Website:<a href="http://nami.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nami.org </a>&nbsp;</p><p>Services: General resources for mental health&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Domestic Violence:&nbsp;</p><p>-US Hotline Number: 1(800)-799-7233</p><p><br></p><p>-The Battered Women's Justice Project: **We donated to them, I met with them and they are amazing**</p><p>Website: <a href="http://bwjp.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BWJP.org</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Services: Free legal help&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>-Center For Domestic Peace&nbsp;</p><p>Website: <a href="http://centerfordomesticpeace.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Centerfordomesticpeace.org&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></p><p>Services: Support groups</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>References</p><p>Acton, Andy. 2000. "Secret Service questions man in mutilation case." <em>Birminghm Post-Herald</em>, January 26: 23.</p><p>Associated Press.