Evil son admits using a butter knife, bare hands and teeth to decapitate his mom! Terrelle Johnson told relatives his mother was away on a cruise before admitting his cannibalism
‘In a fight over a credit card that got out of hand!’
Army vet accused of using a butter knife, bare hands and teeth to decapitate his mom in Mississippi on June 3
Terrelle Johnson told uncles and aunts his mother was away on a cruise Johnson when the made inquiries
Police made a welfare check and found Sherry Johnson, 51, four days later, decapitated in the back yard of the home she shared with her 29-year-old son
29-year-old Terrelle confessed he “beat [his mom] up real bad,” and choked her unconscious first during a fight over credit cards
He then slit her throat with a butter knife, Johnson allegedly sliced his mother’s throat and then used his teeth and bare hands to remove her head
The suspect was booked on first-degree murder and is being held without bond at Stone County Jail
Defense attorneys currently weighing the possibility of an insanity defense
Terrelle Johnson told cops he slit his mother’s throat with a butter knife, Johnson allegedly sliced his mother’s throat and then used his teeth and bare hands to remove her head, over a game of cards
Stone County Sheriff’s Capt. Ray Boggs said Monday that Terrelle, 29, had told aunts and uncles that his mother, SherryJohnson was away on a cruise.Capt. Ray Boggs of the Stone County Sheriff’s Department was inside the interrogation room and recounted what was said that day during a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Justice Court.
“[Johnson] told me that he beat her up real bad,” Boggs testified, according to the Sun Herald.
“He said it got out of hand.”
Using a butter knife, Johnson allegedly sliced his mother’s throat and then used his teeth and bare hands to remove her head. He claimed to have choked her unconscious first during a fight over credit cards, Boggs said.
Terrelle Johnson seen being taken into custody has been booked on first-degree murder
When cops arrived at the Johnson home June 6, to conduct a welfare check on Sherry at the request of her two brothers and sister, who hadn’t heard from the 51-year-old since June 3 , they walked in to find a grisly scene.
“When I entered the bedroom,” Boggs said, “I immediately noticed blood everywhere.”
According to him, there was blood on the floor, the bed and even the walls.
Johnson was home at the time, calmly sitting on the front porch when deputies arrived, Capt. Boggs said.
Cops eventually found his mother in the back yard.
The 51-year old guidance counselor at Hattiesburg High School was decapitated, and he had to turn to surgical records to identify her. Her body lying approximately 15 feet from her severed head, which was tossed over a fence.
Police say Hthe killer attempted to conceal her body between the fence, a tree, and another bush.
Deputies arrested Terrelle Johnson and took him in for questioning. Crime scene workers completed their investigation the following morning, and the interrogation began soon after.
Terrelle Johnson, an Army vet who was expelled by the Department of Veterans Affairs after a prior arrest, allegedly confessed to everything, though it’s unclear when his mother’s murder took place.
A grand jury must now decide whether he should be formally charged.
Johnson’s lawyer, Jim Davis, told reporters Wednesday that he is currently weighing the possibility of an insanity defense. He just needs to take time to analyze the young man’s hospital records and mental health status to see what evidence, if any, he has, Davis said:
“[Johnson] does have a substantial history, and y’all heard the facts of this particular case,” Davis said. “That’s not a normal homicide … [but] we’ve got to wait until we get the records and probably have him properly evaluated. Then, we’ll kind of know where we’re headed.”
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