DID YOU KNOW? This Sportsman Killed Friend, Plucked Out His Heart, Fried and Ate

In March 2010, something happened. Something that shocked the whole world. Something that left the sport of Mixed Martial Arts in trauma.

According to court papers presented two years later, American Jarrod Wyatt was found guilty of ripping out his friend’s heart and removing his tongue while the two were on hallucinogenic drugs.

Wyatt pleaded guilty to first-degree murder involving mayhem in the March 21, 2010, death of his sparring partner, then 21-year-old Taylor Powell.

When police arrived that day at his Klamath River home, they found Wyatt naked and covered in blood. He told the officers, “I killed him,” and said he had cut out Powell’s heart and tongue, according to court documents.

The officers found Powell’s body on the couch. His chest was cut open, and his heart, tongue and the skin of his face were gone, court records said. His heart was found charred in a wood-burning stove.

Witnesses said the two had ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms before the attack and believed they were involved in a struggle between God and the devil.

An autopsy determined the organs had been removed while Powell was still alive, the documents said.

The Northern California mixed martial artist agreed to the plea deal in which he was to serve 50 years to life in prison according to Del Norte County prosecutors.

“The earliest he’ll be able to see a parole board is 2062. We saved Taylor’s family the agony from reliving the incident at the trial,” District Attorney Jon Alexander said at time.

Wyatt’s attorney, James Fallman was also in agreement. “We looked for an agreement that would at least give him the opportunity to be paroled someday. As bad as 50 years to life sounds, it’s better than life without the possibility of parole,” Fallman said.

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