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A Texas man has been sentenced to 40 years in jail as a part of a plea settlement after pleading responsible to the homicide of his newlywed spouse.
Jared James Dicus’s sentence was decided Wednesday by Choose Gary Chaney after he chopped off the top of 21-year-old Anggy Diaz in 2023 and left it in a bathe.
Dicus, now 23, has pleaded responsible to homicide and his earliest attainable launch date is 2043. The Waller County District Lawyer’s Workplace consulted with Diaz’s household earlier than finalizing the plea settlement and sentencing.
In the course of the preliminary investigation part of the case, attainable points with Dicus’ psychological well being have been raised relating to his competency to face trial, however he was deemed competent to face trial following a court-ordered listening to underneath a assertion launched by the Waller County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
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Jared Dicus, 23, was sentenced to 40 years in jail after pleading responsible to the homicide of his newlywed spouse. (Waller County Sheriff’s Workplace)
As a part of the plea settlement, Dicus waived his proper to attraction the decision, sentence, and any defenses he may need, together with an madness protection. He additionally waived a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus.
“Waller County doesn’t tolerate home violence. Heinous crimes like this don’t go unanswered,” Waller County District Lawyer Sean Whittmore mentioned within the assertion. “We’ll search justice for victims of home violence and ship a message to perpetrators that we’re right here to battle for our victims.”
Diaz, who labored as a counter clerk at an area enterprise, was initially from Nicaragua and was initially cared for by an aunt when she first arrived within the U.S., her household mentioned final yr.
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Jared James Dicus and Anggy Diaz have been married in October 2022 on the Waller County Courthouse. (Waller County Choose Trey Duhon)
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Dicus was charged with Diaz’s homicide in January 2023, after marrying her three months earlier. Waller County Sheriff’s Workplace officers discovered Diaz on the ground of the couple’s bed room in a pool of blood with a number of stab wounds to her again, and what seemed to be her head was discovered within the bathe.
In accordance with Waller County Sheriff Troy Guidry, proof indicated a kitchen knife was the homicide weapon and that “all of the elements and items have been recovered.”
After Diaz’s dying final yr, Dicus confessed to detectives that he had murdered his spouse.
