43-year-old stripper Roena Cheryl Mills, seen [left in her mug shot and right, in court], faces life imprisonment after she her conviction in Mercer, West Virginia, Thursday for decapitating her lover’s son with whom she was having sex in exchange for prescription drugs and money in April 2018

Roena Cheryl Mills, 43, of Rural Retreat, Virginia, was charged with first-degree homicide in the death of 29-year-old Bo White.
White was found dead in Lerona, West Virginia,home on April 1, 2018.
His body was found in his home while his head was located later in a wooded area.
The Mercer County, West Virginia, jury deliberated for almost two hours before it reached a verdict on Thursday, The Register-Herald reported.
When the verdict was announced, members of White’s family openly wept.
Mills was quiet and calm when the verdict was read.

Showing no remorse, exotic dancer Roena Cheryl Mills, [photo], accused of decapitating a sex partner on Easter 2018, remained calm as she was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder without a recommendation of mercy. She faces life in prison without the possibility of parole

A jury could recommend a convict for mercy, which would make that person eligible for parole after serving 15 years in prison, however the jury did not make the recommendation for Mills.
Local station, WVNS-TV, reports that the prosecuting attorney, George Sitler, told the jury in his closing argument that Mills was a drug addict who took advantage of Bo White, who the prosecutor described as ‘an awkward, sickly shut-in who didn’t have a real life.’
It has not been established why Mills frequently visited White, though Sitler speculated that she traded sexual favors in exchange for medication that he was prescribed.
‘His father had introduced him to a manipulative woman,’ Sitler told jurors on Thursday.

Bo White lived off a disability allowance and loved playing with Star Wars figures, according to authorities.
Mills was introduced to Bo White by his father, James, a truck driver who had a years long sexual relationship with her while she worked as an exotic dancer at the Southern X-Posure club.
On Bo White’s last night alive, Mills texted him and arranged a meet-up.
‘I’m trying to get my things. Give me a few minutes,’ she texted him late on March 31, 2018.
After their amorous encounter Mills reportedly, stabbed White 18 times, punctured his heart, and cut of his head.
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A witness, Jo Fleming, testified that Mills asked to borrow gasoline and a chainsaw from him, but he refused.
That meant Mills needed to use ‘cheap kitchen knives’ to cut up Bo White and sever his head from his body, according to Sitler, who compared it cutting up a chicken.
After the grisly murder, Mills went through Bo White’s pockets to get pills and cash.
Prosecutors say she then sent a text message to a friend that read: ‘Let’s party.’
Mills’ defense lawyer claimed that it was James White, Bo’s father, who killed him.
According to the defense’s theory, James White grew jealous when Mills began to get close to his son.
‘Our theory is that Jimmy White was jealous of her relationship with Bo… and Jimmy White is a terrible person,’ Mills’ lawyer, Sid Bell, said. 

Bell suggested that James White killed his son in a jealous rage after he found Mills and his son together.
‘As an old prosecutor, we call that a crime of passion,’ he said.
‘Someone with a lot of strength and a lot of rage had to kill this man.’
But the jury also heard evidence that incriminated Mills, including blood and injuries which was found on her body when she was arrested.
Mills’ car was also in Bo White’s driveway on the day his body was found, but she was agitated and had blood and injuries on her when she was found, Bell stated.
Defense counsel Bell said the defense would be making a motion to set aside the verdict.