Holly MatkinHouston, TX – A Houston man is behind bars after he allegedly stabbed and decapitated his new bride and tossed her head into their shower.
Waller County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) deputies responded to the 200-block of Oak Hollow Boulevard at approximately 4:35 p.m. on Jan. 11 after receiving a report of a “possible death” at that location, the department said in a press release the following day.
Investigators said the call was placed by the parents of 21-year-old Jared Dicus, KPRC reported.
Dicus’ parents told deputies that their son and his new wife, 21-year-old Anggy Diaz, were living together in a small cabin behind their residence.
They said they became concerned after Dicus came to their house and made a statement that caused them to go check the cabin, according to the WCSO.
They stumbled upon Diaz’s body and immediately called 911, KPRC reported.
“Upon receiving the call, reporting deputies advised they had arrived and discovered a deceased female in a small residential structure located behind the main residence,” the WCSO said. “Deputies advised the female’s body had been mutilated.”
According to court documents, deputies located Diaz’s decapitated body on the floor next to a bed inside the cabin, KPRC reported.
She was lying in a pool of blood and had been stabbed repeatedly in the back, investigators said.
Deputies said they also located “what appeared to be the head of the victim” in the shower, according to KRIV.
Waller County Sheriff Troy Guidry said Dicus used a kitchen knife to murder his wife.
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Justicia para Anggy Díaz 💜 pic.twitter.com/IH4SNwA7no— karen (@majevigevanii) January 14, 2023
“It was a portion of a body dismembered and a residence that was covered in blood. So, a gruesome scene at best,” Sheriff Guidry said, according to FOX News. “Everything happened on the property. And all parts and pieces were recovered and submitted for evidence.”
Security footage showed that after the murder, Dicus went to the convenience store where his wife worked, grabbed a beer from the cooler, and walked out without paying, KRIV reported.
He opened the can out in the parking lot and took a swig before getting into a vehicle, the video showed.
JUST IN: New surveillance video is believed to show 21-year-old murder suspect James Diccus stealing a beer, only minutes after allegedly decapitating his wife with a kitchen knife in Waller County, TX. This is also where she worked. #texas #news pic.twitter.com/UgRkb6zW5z
— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) January 13, 2023
Deputies detained Dicus at the cabin.
“The husband was interviewed and gave a full confession, admitting to the murder of his wife,” according to the WCSO.
A motive was not immediately released.
Dicus has been charged with murder and his bond was initially set at $500,000, KRIV reported.
However, District Attorney Sean G. Whittmore argued that was not high enough given “heinous nature” of Diaz’s decapitation, KHOU reported.
Jared Dicus (21) is accused of using a kitchen knife to decapitate his wife in the home they shared last week. He was out on bond for a DWI. Anggy Diaz was murdered in a horrific way. Waller County, Texas. pic.twitter.com/CbLTzKZWKp
— Rose (@901Lulu) January 15, 2023
Whittmore also pointed out Dicus’ “violent behavior” when he was arrested for DWI about two months before he allegedly decapitated his wife.
Court records showed that Dicus threatened a Magnolia police officer and members of the Montgomery County Jail staff on that occasion, KHOU reported.
“The defendant continued to exhibit mood swings and violent behavior including punching windows, until he was ultimately placed in a restraint chair for the execution of a blood warrant,” Whittmore said.
Waller County Judge Trey Duhon said he conducted the couple’s marriage in October of 2022, according to KPRC.
Diaz, who hailed from Nicaragua, was working two jobs to help cover her mother’s cancer treatments back home when she was killed, her friends told KHOU.
A vigil will soon begin for the 21-year-old Waller County newlywed who was allegedly killed by her husband. This is where Anggy Diaz worked. Authorities say Diaz was beheaded by her husband, James Dicus, 21, at their home yesterday morning. #KHOU11 pic.twitter.com/tfOBZ3Auou
— Matt Dougherty (@MattKHOU) January 13, 2023
Sheriff Guidry said Dicus was free on bond for a drunk-driving offense at the time of Diaz’s murder, KHOU reported.
That incident occurred in November of last year, when Dicus allegedly began arguing with Whataburger employees at approximately 2 a.m.
According to court documents, the suspect became irate in the drive-thru over paying with Apple Pay and tried to go into the business at one point, KHOU reported.
“He was so belligerent that they locked him out,” one officer’s report read.
Police responded to the scene and located an open bottle of Bud Light in the console of Dicus’ car, according to KHOU.
He also allegedly admitted that he had consumed painkillers, but he claimed he was unable to tell the officer what type of painkillers he took, according to court documents.
Dicus was arrested on a DWI charge and was released on $1,000 bond, KHOU reported.
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