A deranged Arizona man chopped up his girlfriend with a chainsaw — then referred to as 911 to admit, blaming it on her being “possessed,” in accordance with charging paperwork.
Jeffrey Rael, 47, was discovered armed with a hammer and a cross when police arrived on the Phoenix dwelling after he made the disturbing admission to a dispatcher earlier than daybreak Friday, in accordance with court docket paperwork obtained by AZ Household.
Cops discovered a blood-soaked chainsaw within the kitchen — close to the hacked-up stays of Rael’s long-time girlfriend, Paxton Wallace, 31, who was butchered past recognition.
The physique was lined in “cutting-type” accidents from a “sharp-bladed instrument,” Phoenix police mentioned.
Rael had referred to as 911 round 3:40 a.m., in accordance with the court docket paperwork, which mentioned he advised the dispatcher “he needed to kill her as a result of she was possessed.”
It’s not clear what led to the ugly killing, which stays underneath investigation.
Police took Rael to a neighborhood hospital earlier than he was booked on the Maricopa County Jail for first-degree homicide.
He’s being held on a $1 million bond.
Wallace’s grieving relations mentioned they knew Rael has a felony historical past, however by no means suspected he was able to this type of violence.
“Simply wild. I imply, we’ve spent holidays with him. We’ve shared our dwelling with him for a number of years,” Paxton’s sister Alida Wallace advised AZ Household. “We had many cherished moments with him earlier than this, and now they’re simply all stained.”
Alida Wallace mentioned Paxton “was attempting to get out” of the connection — however worries she was struggling greater than she let her household know.
“Nobody needs to say that somebody who mentioned they love them is hurting them,” Wallace mentioned.
