Joel Guy Jr trial. Pictured the defendant.
Handwritten plans to kill parents
During the commencement of Monday’s trial, prosecutors alleged a notebook belonged to Guy Jr. detailed the then 28 year old’s handwritten plans for stabbing his parents to death and inheriting their assets.
The defendant’s three sisters reportedly
told authorities everything seemed okay when the family sat together for Thanksgiving in 2016. But just days after that
Knox County Sheriff’s Office said
Joel Guy Jr. murdered his parents in horrific fashion. Both victims were stabbed and dismembered, their remains placed in different rooms of the house, deputies said.