The man, identified as 23-year-old Damon Perry, told police he had been binge-watching "The Walking Dead" on Netflix recently.
Grants police originally responded to a Grants apartment complex after 911 callers said a man – later identified as Perry – was running around the complex threatening people with a knife.
When officers arrived, two maintenance workers were holding Perry down. Inside a nearby apartment, an officer found the friend unresponsive with signs of trauma. The friend was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police identified the victim Monday as Christopher Paquinn.
Perry was taken to police headquarters and interviewed. There, he told detectives that while the two were drinking, Paquinn began "to change into a zombie" and tried to bite him, according to police.
He allegedly then punched and kicked Paquinn, and also hit the friend with an electric guitar and microwave, among other household items, according to police.
Lead detective Sgt. Moses Marquez is working the case, and says there was one more gruesome detail to the murder.
"If you've ever watched the show, you'd know that the only way to kill a zombie is to attack it in its head," Sgt. Marquez said. "Well, when police arrived in this complex, there was a knife inside the victim's head."
"I do believe his story behind this is true. He genuinely felt that his friend was changing into a zombie due to his inebriated state," Sgt. Marquez continued. "Our department is dealing with something that I have never seen or heard of in my entire 13 years here."
Perry has been charged with an open count of murder and is being held at the Cibola County Detention Center.
23-year-old Damon Perry, told police he had been binge-watching "The Walking Dead" on Netflix recently after beating and stabbing his friend to death.
Via: http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3944679.shtml#.Vi-M-n72CUn
No comments:
Post a Comment