HOUSTON – A man who was serving a 40 year sentence for the decapitation murder of his wife in Waller County was found dead from a self-inflicted injury inside a TDCJ prison.
Jared James Dicus was serving the sentence at the Wainwright Unit in Lovelady, Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Dicus died on Friday, Jan. 16. The agency said Dicus’ death was the result of a self-inflicted injury.
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The murder for which Dicus was serving the 40 years for happened in January 2023. At the time, deputies said they received a phone call from Dicus’s parent’s regarding the death of a woman, later identified as Dicus’s wife, Anggy Diaz.
Deputies arrived at the home located in the 200 block of Oak Hollow Boulevard and found portions of Diaz’s body dismembered and the home covered in blood.
Sheriff Troy Guidry said the newlywed couple was living in a small cabin behind the parent’s main home, which is where they believe Dicus committed the murder.
The parents told deputies that their son came inside their home and made some type of statement, prompting them to check the home where they found the body and immediately called 911.
Investigators described the scene as very “gruesome.”
Dicus ultimately took a plea agreement with the state. He was not eligible for parole until 2043.