Horror rituals: Man eats hearts and hunts down victims in motel!

USA - It is said to have been part of a ritual: A man from the USA killed his victims, mutilated them and ate their hearts.

Jason Thornburg was arrested for three counts of murder in 2021. (symbolic image)
Jason Thornburg was arrested for three counts of murder in 2021. (symbolic image)  © 123rf/photoloader

Jason Thornburg was found guilty of capital murder last Wednesday after killing three people.

As the New York Post reported, a jury must now decide whether he will be sentenced to death or receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

Thornburg committed his gruesome crimes back in September 2021, killing three people, dismembering their bodies and hiding them under his bed in a motel before burning the bodies in a dumpster.

Thornburg confessed to investigators that he felt an inner compulsion to make "ritual sacrifices". He admitted to eating the heart of one of his victims as well as other body parts.

After his arrest, he confessed to two further murders: in May 2021, he killed his roommate and his girlfriend by exploding their apartment.

His defense lawyers argued that Thornburg was insane at the time of the crimes and suffered from a severe mental illness.