Housden, Nina (1916–)

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Housden, Nina (1916–)

American murderer. Born in Kentucky, 1916; m. Charles Housden.

Lived in Highland Park, Michigan, with husband until her pathological jealousy caused him to file for divorce and move out (1947); invited him over for a drink, strangled him and dismembered the body (Dec 18, 1947); enroute to Kentucky, had car trouble in Toledo, Ohio, where a mechanic discovered husband's leg wrapped in one of many packages in back seat; sentenced to life imprisonment.