Nation IN BRIEF : NEW MEXICO : Man Decapitates Son on Highway
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A man on a weekend fishing trip with his sons decided they were all possessed and beheaded his 14-year-old on a roadside while his younger son and passing drivers watched, authorities said. Eric Star Smith, 34, was jailed pending arraignment on charges of murder, child abuse, evidence tampering, driving while intoxicated and resisting an officer. “We have witnesses who saw him hacking at the boy’s head at the side of the road,” said Torrance County Sheriff Don Lyles said.
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