A Texas man was sentenced to 40 years in jail as a part of a plea settlement after pleading responsible to murdering his newlywed spouse.
Jared James Dicus’s sentencing was handed down on Wednesday by Choose Gary Chaney after chopping 21-year-old Anggy Diaz’s head off and leaving it within the bathe in 2023.
Dicus, now 23, pleaded responsible to homicide and his earliest parole date is not going to be till 2043. The Waller County District Lawyer’s Workplace consulted with Diaz’s household earlier than finalizing the plea deal and sentencing.
Throughout the pre-trial section of the case, potential psychological well being points had been raised relating to Dicus’s competency to face trial, however he was thought-about competent to face trial after a court-ordered examination.
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Jared Dicus, 23, was sentenced to 40 years in jail after pleading responsible to murdering his newlywed spouse. (Waller County Sheriff’s Workplace)
As a part of the plea deal, Dicus waived his proper to enchantment the decision, the sentence and any potential protection, together with an madness protection. He additionally waived any post-conviction writ of habeas corpus.
“Waller County does not tolerate domestic violence. Heinous crimes like this one will not go unanswered,” Waller County District Lawyer Sean Whittmore stated in an announcement. “We will seek justice for the victims of domestic violence and send a message to the perpetrators that here, we fight for our victims.”
Diaz, who had labored as counter assist at a neighborhood enterprise, was initially from Nicaragua and was initially within the care of an aunt when she first arrived within the U.S., her household stated final yr.
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Jared James Dicus and Anggy Diaz had been married on the Waller County Courthouse in October 2022. (Waller County Choose Trey Duhon)
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Dicus was charged in January 2023 with murdering Diaz after marrying her three months earlier. Waller County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies discovered Diaz on the couple’s bed room flooring in a pool of blood with a number of stab wounds in her again, and what gave the impression to be her head was situated within the bathe.
Waller County Sheriff Troy Guidry stated proof confirmed {that a} kitchen knife was the homicide weapon and that “all parts and pieces were recovered.”
After Diaz’s dying final yr, Dicus confessed to investigators that he murdered his spouse.
