Son decapitated 'evilest' dad, carried head in plastic bag to another home, cops say

Cops successful Indiana made a grisly find erstwhile they recovered the assemblage of a unfortunate decapitated successful his ain location — and aboriginal recovered the caput astatine different home.

It each began astir 10 a.m. connected Friday erstwhile the ex-wife of the victim, 73-year-old Erich V. Winnecke Sr., called constabulary and requested a payment cheque astatine his location successful the 1700 artifact of Summerlin Place successful Jeffersonville, which sits on the Hoosier State borderline with Kentucky. She was acrophobic for his information due to the fact that helium and their son, 33-year-old Bryce William Winnecke, were having problems, a probable origin apprehension affidavit obtained by Law&Crime said.

"This is going to dependable graphic, but his caput was chopped off," a 911 caller said, according to section NBC affiliate WAVE. "And we don't cognize wherever his caput is."

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Cops went wrong and made the shocking discovery.

"It was a precise evident homicide," Jeffersonville constabulary Detective Sam Moss told reporters.

The unfortunate was discovered successful his chamber with "significant grounds of antiaircraft wounds" and galore stab wounds to the chest, the ailment said. Blood spatter covered the walls of the bedroom, cops wrote. Investigators besides recovered a ample weapon with a leaf astir 1 ft agelong with a deformity that apt occurred erstwhile it came into interaction with "hard substances."

As investigators surveyed the scene, Bryce Winnecke spoke with his parent — who was astatine the victim's location — connected the phone.

"I killed him," helium allegedly told his mother. "I went implicit to dad's due to the fact that helium is the evilest idiosyncratic that ever lived, I chopped his caput off."

Officers learned helium was astatine his mother's location astir a mile distant successful the 3000 artifact of Callaway Drive. He allegedly was carrying a integrative container that was "approximately the size of a quality head." He besides was holding a weapon and ran wrong erstwhile helium saw cops, refusing to travel out, according to the complaint.

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The SWAT squad responded to the country and aft tossing flash-bang devices into the home, cops were capable to coax Winnecke extracurricular aft astir 4 hours.

Following the standoff, cops went wrong wherever they discovered the victim's caput successful his son's bedroom, per the affidavit.

"Let's delight support successful mind, we person a household that was affected by the effect of this," Chief Kenny Kavanaugh said, adding the country was "horrific."

Bryce Winnecke stands accused of execution and maltreatment of a corpse. He remains astatine the Clark County Jail.

Neighbors connected Summerlin Place wherever the archetypal transgression occurred were stunned by each the constabulary activity.

"It's shocking due to the fact that this is simply a harmless neighborhood," Randi Snider told section CBS affiliate WLKY. "When families person issues, it tin deed anywhere. Just anywhere. So it's sad."