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Trial begins for Texas man, Michael Scott Quinn, accused of murdering his girlfriend’s ex, chopping off his legs and setting his remains on fire

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"> <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">Michael Scott Quinn&comma; 53&comma; battered Albert Guerra to death in his sleep&comma; hitting over 20 times with a hammer at his home in San Antonio&comma; Texas&comma; in 2013<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">56-year-old Albert Guerra&comma; had  just ended a relationship with Quinn&&num;8217&semi;s girlfriend&comma; Connie Yanez <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">Quinn chopped off Guerra&&num;8217&semi;s legs and tried to torch his remains<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">He had called his relatives for help when he couldn&&num;8217&semi;t handle chopping up the victim&&num;8217&semi;s body on his own<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">His brother turned him in to the authorities<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;">Police have not determined if Quinn or girlfriend Yanez commited the murder&comma;  both were arrested and charged with murder in the 2013 killing of Albert Guerra<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240303&semi;">Connie Yanez&comma; 40&comma; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240303&semi;">is awaiting trial<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108405" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;michael-scott-quinn1&period;png" alt&equals;"Michael Scott Quinn1&period;png" width&equals;"592" height&equals;"664" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">Michael Scott Quinn murdered his lover&&num;8217&semi;s ex&comma; chopped up the body and set it alight<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">Unable to completely dismember the love rival he had just killed&comma; all by himself&comma; a Texas man called out for the help of a relative to complete his gruesome task&period; That relative turned him in to the cops&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The trial began yesterday for Michael Scott Quinn&comma; 53&comma; who murdered his girlfriend&&num;8217&semi;s ex-lover&period; He battered Albert Guerra to death in his sleep&comma; hitting him multiple times with a hammer in San Antonio&comma; Texas&comma; back in 2013&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;56-year-old Guerra&comma; a father of two who was separated from his wife had just ended a relationship with the assailant&&num;8217&semi;s girlfriend&period; Connie Yanez&comma; 40&comma; told her new partner that Guerra struck her&period;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<article>Having satisfied his rage Quinn chopped off his victim&&num;8217&semi;s legs but found the going tough in dismembering the rest of the body&period; At which point he called his relatives for help&period; Michael Scott Quinn allegedly told his brother&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I don’t know what to do&period; I’m standing in a pool of blood&comma;&&num;8221&semi;the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mysanantonio&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;article&sol;Murder-suspect-chopped-dead-victim-s-legs-off-10642295&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"> Express-News newspaper<&sol;a> reports&period;  He then decided it was best to torch the remains&period; His brother&comma; an ordained minister&comma; called police and informed them his brother just killed someone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Quinn and girlfriend and Connie Yanez are both charged with murder in the 2013 San Antonio slaying of Albert Guerra&period; Prosecutors say that the murder took place after Yanez told Quinn that Guerra&comma; 56&comma; struck her&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When the cops got to the home&comma; they met a gruesome picture of carnage and two bonfires&period;  when they put out the fires they found the remains of the victim under one of the fires  As Quinn&&num;8217&semi;s trial starts this week&comma; prosecutors warned jurors the case &&num;8220&semi;is unlike anything you’ve ever seen&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Guerra was believed to be sleeping when he was hit approximately 20 times with a hammer&comma; prosecutor Jason Goss said&period; But the victim managed to grab a &&num;8220&semi;handful&&num;8221&semi; of hair&comma; proven to be Quinn&&num;8217&semi;s after DNA testing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Quinn used a pair of Guerra&&num;8217&semi;s saws to cut his legs off at the thigh&period; When he determined it would take too long to cut up the body&comma; he decided to set it on fire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-108406" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;connie-yanez1&period;png" alt&equals;"Connie Yanez1&period;png" width&equals;"594" height&equals;"664" &sol;>Cops yet to say if they believe Connie Yanez &lbrack;picture&rsqb; or her current partner Michael Scott Quinn&comma; killed her former boyfriend&period; Both are charged with murder<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>After a frantic Quinn called relatives&comma; his brother&comma; Eric Quinn&comma; called the police to report his brother&&num;8217&semi;s crime&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Eric Quinn testified his brother said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;He said he cut the man&comma; he cut him up and had to get rid of the body&comma;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;He said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;He’s a big ol&&num;8217&semi; boy and it’s more than I can handle&period;'&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Adding that he refused his brother’s request for assistance with a plane or bus fare&period; At which point Michael Quinn threatened to set the house on fire and kill himself&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Describing the crime scene&comma; San Antonio Fire Department arson investigator Justin Davis told the court he could not take his dog into the home out of concern for the dog&&num;8217&semi;s health&period; Every step he took was in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;frothy blood” he said&comma; and he did not want to expose the dog to biohazardous material&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve never been at a scene where blood has been bubbling from the floor&comma;” he told the jury&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He concluded&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These fires were set intentionally&comma; no doubt&comma;” Davis said&comma; adding that the fires smoldered and never fully developed because too much accelerant was used&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Testimony is expected to continue today in the 437th District Court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jurors winced&comma; shut their eyes and shook their heads  in disgust as they viewed crime scene photographs that showed Guerra in the living room on a plastic sheet&comma; pieces of burned clothing and a singed pillow nearby&comma; his legs severed from the rest of his body&period; A melted circular saw and the frayed handle of another saw&comma; also burnt&period; Spattered blood could be seen on the walls that led from the bedroom to the living room&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The murder trial for woman at the center of the love triangle&comma; Connie Yanez&comma; is awaiting trial&period; Authorities have not said whether they believe it her or Quinn who committed the crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap"><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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