Transcript of Horrors: Russell Tillis’ jailhouse confession describes murder, sexual assault
First Coast News obtained the transcript of the recording played for jurors in the Russell Tillis death penalty trial. Warning: content is extremely graphic.
Author: First Coast News Staff, Anne Schindler
Published: 11:26 AM EDT April 8, 2021
Updated: 11:27 AM EDT April 8, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —
Warning: This story may be disturbing to some.
A detailed and graphic jailhouse recording continued this morning with jurors listening to Russell Tillis describe killing and dismembering victims.
Tillis faces the death penalty for murdering 30-year-old Joni Lynn Gunter and burying her in his Southside backyard.
Tillis doesn’t dispute the fact of the confession but claims it was all made up – a deliberate effort to get the death penalty.