Cops: Texas Man Killed, Cooked Girlfriend

Suspect Arrested After Calling Police To Report Own Crime; No Proof Of Cannibalism

(AP)  A man arrested in the death of his 21-year-old girlfriend tried to cook parts of her body and may have eaten some of them before deputies arrived, authorities said Sunday.

Christopher Lee McCuin, 25, called 911 on Saturday and told an emergency dispatcher he had killed his girlfriend and was boiling parts of her, said Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith.

When authorities arrived at the home, they found Jana Shearer's mutilated body, one ear boiling in a pot of water on the stove and a fork sticking out of some human flesh sitting on a plate on the kitchen table.

Authorities believe Shearer was abducted from her home Friday night and killed. The assailant then stabbed the boyfriend of his estranged wife and broke into a business. The stabbing victim is in critical condition at an area hospital, officials said.

McCuin, of Tyler, was charged with capital murder in the killing, which was first reported in the Tyler Morning Telegraph. He was in solitary confinement in the Smith County Jail on a $2 million bond Sunday and did not have an attorney, officials said. He will be arraigned Monday, Smith said.

Before he called 911, McCuin told his mother and her boyfriend to look in their garage, authorities said. There the couple saw the remains of Shearer, McCuin's girlfriend. McCuin's mother and her boyfriend fled the home and flagged down a police officer. McCuin dialed authorities after they left.

Authorities say it is unclear whether McCuin consumed any part of Shearer's body.

"We cannot prove that he did," Smith told The Associated Press. "He was either going to, had been or led us to think that he was doing it."

A man who answered the door Sunday night where the body was found declined to talk. Nobody answered a knock at the door of the home of the victim.

Shearer appeared to die from blunt trauma to her head, Smith said. She may have been kidnapped Friday night, when her mother witnessed her get into McCuin's truck.

"There was no struggle but she could see the girl left with no shoes, no purse and no cell phone," Smith said.

Smith said McCuin then drove to his estranged wife's home, where he stabbed William Veasley, 42. Veasley remains in intensive care at a Tyler hospital.

McCuin was still in that home when deputies arrived, but he jumped into his car and escaped after a short chase, Smith said.

"We did not know at the time that he had murdered anyone," Smith said. "We thought it was a disturbance or an assault."

McCuin wasn't seen again until Saturday morning, when he arrived at his mother's home and called her into the garage so she could "come see what he had done," Smith said.

When sheriff deputies arrived, McCuin barricaded himself in the home for a short time before coming out. After he emerged, a tactical team entered and found Shearer's body, Sgt. Gary Middleton said.

After McCuin was arrested and placed in the back of a patrol car, he kicked out the vehicle's side window before being put in additional restraints, Middleton said.

Detectives were trying to determine where the murder happened. They think McCuin drove to his mother's home with the dead woman in the back seat of his extended-cab pickup, Smith said.

McCuin has a criminal record that includes driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges, according to court records. When he was arrested, McCuin had an outstanding felony retaliation warrant.

Smith said McCuin was known to authorities and had "a history of violence," including assaulting his estranged wife, his girlfriend and his sister.

Neighbors in Tyler, about 110 miles east of Dallas, said they believed McCuin was on drugs and had acted strangely. Freddy Castillo, who lives two houses down, said he would frequently hear McCuin and his girlfriend argue in the house and the yard.

"They would get pretty loud," Castillo said. "They'd yell back and forth and then he would just get in his car and leave."

[erasmus6]

nutsie

The fact that you have a 14 month old child is SCARY!

[erasmus6]

"I personally sleep better at night knowing I can defend myself if I have to." posted by redbarron73

Wow, really?

I wouldn''t sleep at all if I had to have a gun strapped to my side, to protect myself.

I sleep just great with no gun because there isn''t anything to protect myself from! But then I don''t live the U.S. where everybody has one.

[erasmus6]

"BTW SL, don''''t bother to reply, I will be skipping over any posts from you, so don''''t waste your time." posted by Klingon69

Yup, that sounds like something that would come from an ignorant gun lover.

[erasmus6]

"No, legally one must qualify (at least in my state). One must fill out the paperwork and await the FBI background checks. Felons and mentally defective people are not SUPPOSD to get guns. I do know that with enough money, yes anyone can get a gun." posted by Klingon69


You need to scroll back up to the article and on the left under RELATED it says: Interacative- CRIME BEAT- Statistics and specifics on crime in America.

Go in there and click on "Guns in America" Laws, risks, recent shootings. Then click on "State-by-State" Gun laws and fatalities.

Check the gun laws out state-by-state. There are states that there are NO WAITING TIMES AT ALL. No background checks.

Children are getting them at 14 years of age in some states as well as children of any age with parent''s permission.

You say that Felons and mentally defectives are not SUPPOSED to be able to get guns but they DO and it is done LEGALLY. If they aren''t on record, they are going to be able to get one. Do you think that all mentally unstable people are on record????

I suggest you do some research before you post.

[cantshutup]

excuse me...WOMEN who want men like this deserve what they get

[cantshutup]

when who want men like this dog deserve what they get

[redbarron73]

Guns are used to kill 30,000 Americans each year but they just manage to save maybe 250. They are used to commit 1.7 million crimes but they are used to stop just 82,000 crimes mostly against unarmed criminals or those armed with balloons filled with helium!~ How heroic!~

Posted by schoollord at 02:53 PM : Jan 07, 2008


According to ATF statistics, guns are used to successfully defend honest citizens at a ratio of almost 2 to 1 compared to crimes committed with guns. I myself have had the experience of defending myself against an intruder with my rifle.

Remember, politicians prefer unarmed peasants.

I personally sleep better at night knowing I can defend myself if I have to.

[klingon69]

Are you kidding me? You obviously don''''t know your country very well because that is exactly what they do. Every idiot in America can get a gun. The fact that YOU have a gun proves my point. There are a million nutcases out there that have gotten them legally.
Posted by erasmus6 at 05:18 PM : Jan 07, 2008
No, legally one must qualify (at least in my state). One must fill out the paperwork and await the FBI background checks. Felons and mentally defective people are not SUPPOSD to get guns. I do know that with enough money, yes anyone can get a gun.

[klingon69]

Posted by altngscnsdrd at 01:39 PM : Jan 07, 2008
Forget about schoollord, he is one of those rabid anti-gun nuts. He can''t realize that a gun is a tool, like any other tool can be used for good or evil. The mindset of the wielder is what makes the difference. Instead, he wants to quote statistics from other rabid anti-gun organizations that support his dim views. BTW SL, don''t bother to reply, I will be skipping over any posts from you, so don''t waste your time.

[jkhagemann]

kattyclays and crzmeat don''t you two have a life? I find it so strange that everytime I see comments on this website your names are pasted with sarcastic, uneducated, wannabe comments. Stop hiding behind a compter screen throwing darts like little boys (or girls) and grow up.

[klingon69]

1.) It is cheaper to keep someone in jail for life than to execute them. FACT.

2.) Why can women drown their five children in a bath or stone their children to death in Texas and be considered insane but once a man does something crazy he can''''t be insane? I don''''t understand this.
Posted by whatithink at 09:52 AM : Jan 07, 2008
I would like to see some documented proof on your first statement, but fully agree with the second. Gender biasing in justice is ridiculous.

[kattyclayz]

"McCuin has a criminal record that includes driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges, according to court records. When he was arrested, McCuin had an outstanding felony retaliation warrant." Drugs and violence mixed are BAD.. Kinda gross to think that he was probably so high that he ate part of someone. I feel horrible for the families of these victims.

And what''s with all of the quotes that others said? Come on ppl, it''s about a man killing his girlfriend, ex-wife, and X''s new man, not race, guns, or who''s opinion is better. We all have our own and that''s what makes this country great. So quoting a certain King, "Can''t we all just get along?!" ;-)

[michellem99-2009]

Sick crazy fool. Yer want to hold his paw. Take him home,feed him.cloth him,give him med care. Keep him.
In the old days he hang. His colour is meaningless.

[winnemuccan]

The death penalty is not necessary. As with the infamous cannibal Jeffrey, this man will probably be beaten to death in prison.

[rushlimpdrug]

I like mine over easy.

[duffyn]

I personally do not believe in the death penalty. I really don''t want the state, government or a private business in the execution business. My intellectual part can say this and mean it. But, man, when you see something like this - you sure as heck want the death penaly. Nope, lock him up and throw the key away! The man is competely mis-wired! My sympathy to the people who have to witness this, arrest this scum, and clean up the mess. Terrible, terrible. I thank them ten times over for their work!

[Krazcarl]

Kill him get it over with eating human flesh is grounds I believe I have been screwed by ex''s but didn''t want them for supper just let it go he''s playing the insanity defeance his computor should be cheaked visits to the libarey this was thought out and planned and if and I never would unless of self defeance or defeance of faimly and friends would I butcher people. I was shoot in the chest by one of these playing crary jockers if your high you put the drug in and should be held respondsible thought Mansen settled that.

[erasmus6]

"I wish eramus6 or is the name uranus6 would see Big Bubba coming at him with his pants down and then he would say, how come I don''''t have a gun?" posted by dmotte

I am not a wimpa-s-s, I don''t need to hide behind a gun.

[sammiers]

Does this story say, Death Penalty! Of course it does!!

Oh but wait there are going to be people that say he''s misunderstood or the lethal injection is cruel & unusual punishment or he sniffed paint...

Personally a nut is a nut! I don''t want somebody breathing the same air and I certainly don''t want to pay for him to breathe either not to mention eat, drink, sleep, watch t.v., workout...But oh yeah let''s not forget the people who say "Life in Prison without parole" O.k. like that''s worked in the past. All I can say is god willing someone from the inside will do the deed and knock him off. Do we really want him to get out eventually on "good behavior" so he can have offspring with his DNA. My answer is NO!

[dmotte]

nutsie 11, I wish eramus6 or is the name uranus6 would see Big Bubba coming at him with his pants down and then he would say, how come I don''t have a gun? Superchez would probably tell Big Bubba, bring it on baby, let me have it.