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Bizzare! Kenneth Amyx, on trial for stabbing death of his girlfriend which he posted on Facebook, details their grisly ‘suicide pact’ to police

&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><h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;"><em><strong> <&sol;strong><strong>&&num;8216&semi;I cut you&comma; you cut me&comma; I cut you&comma; you cut me&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"articleWide cleared">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"alpha">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"js-article-text" class&equals;"article-text wide">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0101&semi;"><strong>Kenneth Amyx is accused of knifing to death Jennifer Streit-Spears then posting images of her body on Facebook on May 29&comma; 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0101&semi;"><strong>46-year-old Amyx claims he and Streit-Spears&comma; 43&comma; had a suicide pact&comma; but she became too weak from blood loss to kill him as they role-played in her Plano&comma; Texas apt<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0101&semi;"><strong>Prosecutors argued Tuesday Amyx was the one in control of the situation&comma; and that the victim was so drunk that her reactions were slowed <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0101&semi;"><strong>ME testified that Streit-Spears suffered more than a dozen cuts and bled out faster than normal because of the volume of alcohol in her system <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0101&semi;"><strong>At the time of the stabbing&comma; Amyx was wanted on outstanding warrants for continuous sexual assault of a child under 14 and indecency with a child<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0101&semi;"><strong>Amyx&&num;8217&semi;s attorney plans to mount an insanity defense on behalf of his client&comma; who has been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"author-section byline-plain">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-181750" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;kenneth-amyx1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kenneth Amyx1&period;jpg" width&equals;"561" height&equals;"768" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Kenneth Amyx allegedly knifed girlfriend&comma; Jennifer Streit-Spears&comma; to death in what he has described as a suicide pact<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>The murder trial of a Texas man accused of stabbing to death his girlfriend began Tuesday with the presentation of an audio recording of the defendant’s police interview&comma; in which he outlined how he and the victim had planned to commit suicide together&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Kenneth Amyx&comma; 46&comma; told detectives after his arrest last May that he and Jennifer Streit-Spears&comma; 43&comma; had agreed to stab each other to death and go to heaven&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I cut you&comma; you cut me&comma; I cut you&comma; you cut me&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Amyx was heard telling cops on the audio recording that was played in court on Day 1 of his trial&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kenneth Amyx is on trial for allegedly knifing to death his girlfriend&comma; Jennifer Streit-Spears in what he told the investigators was as a suicide pact<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">According to Amyx&comma; his partner in the pact Streit-Spears became too weak from blood loss after he&&num;8217&semi;d sliced her neck and could not go through with her end of the agreement&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Evidence presented by prosecutors on Tuesday indicated that the victim was so intoxicated on the day of the killing that her reactions were slower than normal&comma; reported the <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dallasnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;09&sol;man-trial-killing-girlfriend-told-police-couples-grisly-suicide-pact" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dallas Morning News&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;a>Fugitive Amyx&comma; told investigators he&&num;8217&semi;d been living with Streit-Spears at her Plano apartment for a few months when they made a mutual death pact &&num;8211&semi; he was on the run from police after being accused of molesting a young girl in Dallas and Rockwall counties&comma; while Streit-Spears&&num;8217&semi; rent was due in a couple of days and she was out of money&comma; Amyx told police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Overwhelmed by their situation&comma; they made their bizarre arrangement&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Why don&&num;8217&semi;t we just off ourselves&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-181758" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;jennifer-streit-spears-and-kenneth-amyx1&period;png" alt&equals;"Jennifer Streit-Spears and Kenneth Amyx1&period;png" width&equals;"667" height&equals;"427" &sol;><strong>Amyx &lbrack;right&rsqb; told police Streit-Spears &lbrack;left&rsqb; became too weak from blood loss after her sliced her neck and could not go through with her end of the pact<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Amyx granted the interview to detectives from his hospital bed&comma; where he was treated after the cutting incident&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They had been drinking vodka on the morning of May 29&comma; 2016&comma; he said&period; They got two knives from the kitchen and they took turns slicing into each other&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Streit-Spears became weak however&comma; after he made a forceful incision on the back of her neck&period; So he grabbed the hand in which she held the knife and cut himself on the neck&comma; too&comma; Amyx to&semi;d police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Next&comma; he posted photos of the blood-covered images on her Facebook page and texted one of them to her mother&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Amyx then called his own father and said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;This is Ken&period; I love you&period; We’ve cut our throats&comma;&&num;8217&semi; before hanging up&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Streit-Spears&&num;8217&semi; sister saw the Facebook pictures and called police&comma; who had to force their way into the couple&&num;8217&semi;s apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When police called to the victim&&num;8217&semi;s apartment&comma; officers found the couple lying naked and bleeding on the floor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Amyx was on top of Streit-Spears&comma; and was holding a knife in his right hand&period; Another knife was under him&comma; according to an affidavit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As Amyx was being transported to a hospital&comma; he reportedly lamented&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Oh I killed her&comma; oh I lost her&period; I’ll never get her back&comma;&&num;8217&semi; begging a paramedic to &&num;8216&semi;Just kill me&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During his interrogation&comma; the audio recording of which was played in court on Tuesday&comma; Amyx said he and Streit-Spears had initially decided to run away together before making the decision to end it all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-181754" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;jennifer-streit-spears2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jennifer Streit-Spears2" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"822" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Jennifer Streit-Spears suffered more than a dozen cuts&comma; including two gaping wounds to her neck and right wrist&comma; and the high levels of alcohol in her system opened up her blood vessels&comma; which made her bleed out faster during the stabbing<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The gruesome photographs stayed on Facebook for nearly 36 hours inspite of the several attempts by the family to have them removed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When she died&comma;Streit-Spears had a blood alcohol level of 0&period;39&comma; said Collin County medical examiner William Rohr&comma; who testified that Streit-Spears died of multiple sharp force injuries in conjunction with acute alcohol toxicity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rohr explained that the alcohol not only affected her motor skills and reasoning but it also opened up her blood vessels&comma; which accelerated her bleeding&period; Streit-Spears had more than a dozen incisions&comma; cuts and scratches on her body&period; The most severe wounds were two gaping incisions&comma; one on her neck and another on her right wrist&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Presenting the prosecution&&num;8217&semi;s case&comma; Douglas Millican told the court&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Kenneth Amyx was in charge of the situation&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Amyx&&num;8217&semi;s attorney plans to mount an insanity defense on behalf of his client&comma; who has been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder but was ruled competent to stand trial&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;If convicted of murder&comma; Amyx faces up to a life in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"moduleFull mol-video"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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