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'Cannibal cop' would-be jurors shown graphic images

Gilberto Valle, a six-year veteran of the New

Photo credit: Handout | Gilberto Valle, a six-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, was arrested on charges that he kept files on women on his computer, discussed with a co-conspirator abducting a woman for $5,000 and mused about putting other women in his oven and cooking them. (2012)

Eighty-seven prospective jurors in the "cannibal cop" case were shown three graphic images of sexual violence Friday as part of a jury questionnaire approved by U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe to determine who can judge the case impartially.

The images were found on websites visited by NYPD cop Gilberto Valle, 28, who is charged with plotting to kidnap and eat women. He says he was just...

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