Hero NYC cop who nabbed killer behind Post’s famed ‘Headless body in topless bar’ headline dies

Source: New York Post

He always had them laughing their heads off. The hero cop who nabbed the killer behind the legendary 1983 New York Post headline “Headless body in topless bar” died Friday after a long, fittingly colorful life. Retired New York City Transit Police Detective Frederick “Freddy” Mack, 79, passed away while in hospice care, his daughter Debbie Comstock told The Post on Sunday.