Man decapitated man with guitar string then talk to the head
Voodoo worshiper 'decapitated man with a guitar string and kept the severed head to talk to'
James Paul Harris, 29, is to face trial for decapitating 49-year-old James Gerety in 2011 with a guitar string
His girlfriend testified that Harris kept Gerety's severed head and spoke to it after the alleged murder
Harris is a believer in voodoo and kept various occult paraphernalia
His girlfriend told the court that Harris admitted to shooting Gerety and torturing him for two days before cutting his head off
Dispute is believed to have been about money owed from a Social Security check
Arrested in March 2012 and has pleaded not guilty to the murder
Harris' girlfriend testified in March that he said he severed Gerety's head with a guitar string. A Topeka police officer testified that he was told Harris kept the head so he could talk to it as part of a voodoo ritual
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Another witness at that hearing, Topeka police Detective Brian Hill said that during questioning after his arrest, Harris told him that he kept the victim's head in a canvas bag with a draw string.
Hill testified that Harris spoke to the head, and had an active interest in voodoo and practiced it.
According to Harris' former girlfriend, Harris told her that he had shot the victim in the stomach and then tortured him for two days at their Topeka house.
After he had finished with his brutal treatment of Gerety, Harris then decapitated him with the string, according to Williams' testimony.
Murdered: Harris is charged with the premeditated first-degree murder in the death of James Gerety, (pictured) who died in March or April of 2011
What a LOCO!
