Cannibal killer butchered three people and ate a human heart as part of 'ritual sacrifice'

Cannibal slayer Jason Thornburg volition beryllium told by a justice whether helium volition beryllium fixed the decease punishment aft confessing to murdering 3 radical and eating their assemblage parts

A cannibal serial killer has claimed helium mutilated the bodies of victims and adjacent ate a quality bosom during sick 'ritualistic sacrifices'.

Jason Thornburg volition soon beryllium told by a justice whether helium volition beryllium fixed the decease penalty aft helium confessed to sidesplitting 3 people, dismembering their bodies and keeping them nether his furniture astatine a motel successful Euless, Texas. He past acceptable the bodies connected occurrence wrong a skip.

The 44-year-old was recovered blameworthy of superior murder on Wednesday - and it is present up to the assemblage to determine whether helium is sent to decease enactment oregon spends beingness successful situation without parole. During the trial, Thornburg's lawyers had argued helium was insane astatine the clip of the murders of David Lueras, Lauren Phillips, and Maricruz Mathis successful September 2021.

Firefighters made the gruesome find of the 3 bodies aft putting retired a blaze successful the dumpster successful Fort Worth, Texas. After helium was indicted successful December the aforesaid year, Thornburg told investigators that helium felt compelled to transportation retired "ritualistic sacrifices", and admitted helium had eaten a victim’s bosom and immoderate parts of the victims’ bodies earlier they were burnt.

Police said helium besides confessed to sidesplitting his roommate Mark Jewell successful May 2021 successful a location explosion, and causing the decease of his woman Tanya Begay successful Arizona successful 2017. These 2 different murders were archetypal introduced arsenic grounds erstwhile the punishment signifier of the proceedings began connected Thursday.

Thornburg described the acts arsenic a "human sacrifice to God" and claimed to person an in-depth cognition of the bible, according to a tribunal affidavit. It was besides heard helium attended a enactment league taught by 1 of his victims, wherever helium wrote connected a worksheet that helium wanted to beryllium a Christian missionary to fulfil "a consciousness of destiny that indispensable beryllium achieved".

Thornburg awaits sentencing astatine the tribunal successful Tarrant County, Texas. His victims' families are not permitted to talk publically until the extremity of the sentencing phase.