Fights without rules strike many with the power, cruelty, inhuman power of rivals. However, there is an opinion: the stronger and more aggressive the athlete in the ring, the more calm and kinder he is in life. But towards the main character of our story, such a judgment is fundamentally wrong. We tell you the story of Jerrod Wyatt, one of the most fearsome MMA fighters. It confirms for the hundredth time: drugs are an absolute evil for a person.
D. Wyatt - who is it?
The biography of Jerrod Wyatt is not full of bright victories in the ring, and on the network you are unlikely to find records of his most spectacular fights. Moreover, we note that this wrestler without rules had only one fight in a professional ring!
According to other characteristics, it is also difficult to distinguish Jerrod Wyatt. The biggest MMA fighter is not his case. However, the name of this American athlete was for a long time publicly known in the first half of 2010. And the reason is not his career in MMA. A terrible crime, the punishment for which for the 26-year-old fighter was the death penalty.
Scary challenge
The American policemen, having rushed to an incomprehensible call, faced a truly terrible sight: the body of a man on whose face there was no living space - it was literally scribbled with rags on a rag with a knife. The heart and other internal organs were torn out of the corpse. The person who died such a terrible death was quickly identified - he turned out to be Taylor Powell, a 21-year-old fighter without rules.
The guilty party did not have to search long - he was at the crime scene. The brutal killer turned out to be none other than martial arts master and Taylor's sparring ring partner, Jerrod Wyatt. According to police, at the time of detention, the athlete was completely naked, stained from head to toe in human blood. In his hand was the eyeball of Taylor Powell.
Expulsion of the devil and mushrooms
What happened, D. Wyatt himself explained. A terrible reprisal against an opponent and a friend is the expulsion of the devil from Powell's mortal body. It is not necessary to think that Jerrod Wyatt was too religious, was a sect or was fond of satanic teachings. The reason for his terrible act is too prosaic.
Having gathered in close circle with friends, the athlete decided to take a cup of a drink made from hallucinogenic mushrooms. As a result of using the drug, the fighter’s consciousness became confused - he was overcome by the obsession that a friend is obsessed with Satan and that he can be “saved” from the devil only by means of this ritual murder.
According to Jerrod Wyatt, he threw the heart of the deceased into the fire, and intended to eat other internal organs.
According to the witness
The third member of Mushroom Tea Party was a certain Justin Davis. It was he who called the police to the scene of a terrible crime. According to the witness, after taking the hallucinogenic drink, he noticed strange changes in Wyatt's mood. Jerrod began to repeat that he needed to cut some kind of tattoo. This bothered Davis - he decided to quietly and without suspicion leave the company to call the police.
A sound decision, in fact, saved Justin. But it was in his absence that a terrible reprisal took place.
Crime and Punishment
According to pathologists, the death of Taylor Powell came as a result of massive loss of blood due to a torn heart. There is an assumption that the unfortunate person was alive for some time after that - was conscious, experiencing terrible torment.
According to police sergeant Elwood Lee, the first to be at the scene of the crime, Jerrod wielded his hands and knife in his terrible business. Taylor's chest was opened with this edged weapon - an incision was made more than 45 centimeters long. Then Jerrod Wyatt completed the pseudo-ritual reprisal by tearing out the unfortunate internal organs.
James Fallman, a lawyer for an MMA fighter, said in defense of his client that the latter, at the time of the commission of the crime, might simply not have been aware of the consequences of his actions. Jerrod Wyatt's mind was clouded by the effect of taking hallucinogenic mushrooms. At that moment, the athlete was, one might say, in a different reality, where he was saving a friend, whose soul, according to the accused, was infused with the devil.
The case was pending before the Del Norte County Court. Jerrod Wyatt was accused of first-degree brutal murder and torture. The last episode was presented due to the fact that Wyatt's sparring partner suffered terrible torment, living his last minutes with a broken heart. According to the laws of the state, the killer for his cruel deed, even in a state of clouding of consciousness, must answer to the fullest extent of the law. One punishment is the death penalty.
Jerrod Wyatt, whose name was so popular in the media in the spring and summer of 2010, is by no means the star of MMA fights. Rather, this wrestler who has accepted only one professional fight is a shame on a sports organization. Jerrod was rightly sentenced to death for brutal murder. This terrible example once again shows what terrible consequences the use of seemingly harmless drugs can lead to.