A Tyler, TX man has been chargeded with capital murder after police said they found his girlfriend's body, an ear boiling in a pot on a stovetop, and a hunk of flesh with a fork in it on a plate at the crime scene.
25-year-old Christopher Lee McCuin is being held on $2 million bond pending further investigation. The judge sealed the arrest and search warrant affidavits and issued a gag order in the case, which has shocked this East Texas town about 110 miles east of Dallas.
Officials believe 21-year-old Jana Shearer was taken by McCuin from her home late Friday night and killed. Authorities said McCuin then drove to his estranged wife's home, where he stabbed William Veasley, 42.
McCuin was still at his estranged wife's home when deputies arrived, but he jumped into his car and escaped after a short chase.
McCuin wasn't seen again until Saturday morning, when he arrived at the home he shared with his mother and called her into the garage so she could ''come see what he had done,'' according to reports.
His mother and her boyfriend saw the remains of Shearer, authorities said. McCuin's mother and her boyfriend fled the home and flagged down a police officer. McCuin dialed 911 after they left and told an emergency dispatcher he had killed Shearer and was boiling her body parts.
Authorities believe McCuin may have intended to eat his girlfriend's remains, but said it is unclear whether McCuin consumed any part of her body. McCuin told investigators that "God told him to do it."
McCuin and Shearer had only been dating a few months. ''You can't sleep. You can't think straight anymore,'' said Amy Gage, a friend and neighbor of the victim, Jana Shearer. ''Then you just keep finding out more and more. It's the most difficult thing anyone can go through.''
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