Dismemberments

prince of Kiev (877–945)

In Greek mythology, Pentheus (; ) was a king of Thebes. His father was Echion, the wisest of the Spartoi. His mother was Agave, the daughter of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, and grandson of the goddess Harmonia. His sister was Epeiros and his son was Menoeceus.

thumb|15th-century depiction of Adoni-Bezek being mutilated thumb|The Martyrdom of Hippolytus of Rome|St. Hippolytus by [[Dieric Bouts]] thumb|Aztec stone disk depicting a dismembered [[Coyolxauhqui which was found during construction in 1978 in Mexico City. Its discovery led to the excavation of the Templo Mayor.]]

assassin of William I of Orange

Turkish university student (1995–2015)

2018 murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil

Ottoman governmental massacre of Bulgarian civilians

thumb|An "unspoken" sparagmos may have been the central element underlying the very genre of Greek tragedy. (Maenads and Pentheus, from the House of the Vettii)

1966–76 massacre in China during the Cultural Revolution

wife of Acastus, queen of Iolcus

Swedish case of murder

Byzantine governor

unsolved murder that took place in London in 1888

1940 massacre of Jews by Romanian troops

German priest (1881–1916)

gambling related murder in Macau

notorious murder from March 1879

massacre in Australia

2012 murder in Canada

Echa por las FARC suplantando a las AUC.

On September 8, 2025, the remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was reported missing on April 5, 2024, were discovered in Los Angeles, California, inside the front trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to David Burke, a musician known professionally as D4vd. In April 2026, Burke was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under 14 years of age, and mutilation of human remains.

2025 killing in Vietnam