The Tragedy of Lisa Marie Hyder

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In 2014, gregory Hale asked his neighbor if he could help him dispose of a body. When police arrived at Hale's home, they were met by a gruesome scene. Welcome to this episode of Human Wreckage. Please hit the subscribe and like buttons. It helps us out a lot. On this episode, we look at the case of Lisa Marie Heider and the horrible acts that ended her life. Let's get into it. On Sunday, the 9th of June 2014, a man was chatting with his neighbor, 37-year-old Gregory Hale, when he asked him something extremely disturbing. Hale had asked his neighbor if he could help him dispose of a body. The neighbor first of all thought that Hale was joking around, but it quickly became apparent that this was no joke. When he asked if he could borrow his shovel, the neighbor flat refused and subsequently called the police. Deputies arrived at the home, which was located in a small rural community just outside Manchester, tennessee. What they found inside would disturb even the most seasoned deputy. In two separate buckets, they found the dismembered remains of a woman. In a burn pile. They found a burned torso. The body was identified as 36-year-old Lisa Marie Heider. In the living room they found Hale asleep on a couch. The home was owned by his retirement-age parents who were described by the sheriff as good people. Hale was arrested at the scene and charged with premeditated first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse. He was held in jail on a $1.5 million bond.

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Hale made no denials about what he had done. In fact, he confessed in gruesome detail. He said that he beheaded Lisa, chopped off her hands and then placed her body parts in a plastic bucket. He then cut off her feet and other body parts and placed them in another plastic bucket. He admitted that he had cannibalized parts of Lisa's body In a neighbor's garden. Investigators found Lisa's heart. Hale said he had thrown it away. Parts of Lisa's body In a neighbor's garden. Investigators found Lisa's heart. Hale said he had thrown it away. He went on to explain that on the 10th of June he had met Lisa in a local liquor store.

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That afternoon Lisa had called up her ex-husband, charles, and asked if he could come to Coffee County to collect her from a liquor store. Charles informed Lisa that he was in Huntsville, alabama, but said that when he got home at around 4.30 pm he would come and collect her. However, when Charles called Lisa up, her phone was dead and it went straight to voicemail as news of the grisly murder swept across the media. Charles felt a tremendous deal of grief telling the media. I still blame myself because I didn't go get her, but I was down in Huntsville unloading my truck. I wish I could have been there a little bit faster. Usually I rescue her every time something goes wrong.

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Lisa and Charles had been married for six years, but they divorced around a year earlier. Unfortunately, lisa had a number of her own demons. She had always struggled with alcohol abuse and she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer but refused to get treatment. Doctors estimated that she only had around six months to live. Lisa was also a mother of six and she absolutely doted on her children. Her father, billy Poore, said that they were wanting Hale to get the death penalty if convicted of the murder. Nobody deserved to be killed and butchered the way my daughter was. There's nothing left of her. We're going to have to cremate her With Hale behind bars.

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Many in the community would scramble to try and uncover who he was and whether there were any warning signs. His Facebook contained a number of disturbing posts, including him posing with homemade masks and large knives On the 10th of April. He questioned whether a vegetarian would taste like soy meat to a cannibal and posted a photograph of the serial killer, richard Ramirez, with the caption Wish I could have met you. He also posted that he Hugs the people I hate, so I know how big to dig the hole in my backyard. Hale had worked for a while at a meat plant and colleagues noted his behavior as odd. They said that he often took home bones, blood and eyeballs of the slaughtered animals. Hale was fired from the job after he was found carrying out a ritual with animal parts. He had a domestic violence charge from November of 2001 and charges of simple possession, driving on a revoked or suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia and several arrests for violation of probation and failure to appear in court. In 2015, gregory Hale appeared in court where he pleaded guilty to the murder of Lisa Marie Heider. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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District Attorney Craig Northcott said that Hale had disturbing fantasies involving killing and cannibalism. He definitely has a fascination with the occult and I do believe he considers himself a Satan worshiper. There's all kinds of evidence of that gathered at his residence and on his computer. He said he fantasized about killing someone for a long time and saw this as an opportunity to fulfill that fantasy. He said he'd always fantasize about eating human flesh, said District Attorney Craig Northcutt. After the sentence was handed down, lisa's ex-husband, charles, said that he had forgiven Hale for what he had done. The children are too young to understand what has happened, so I just told him. Mama got sick and has gone to live with God. Lisa's father, billy, wasn't so forgiving. He is an animal and needs to be put away and never get out. I cannot forgive him. Thanks for joining me. Lisa did not deserve this tragic ending of her life. Thoughts and prayers for her family. Till next time, take care of yourselves, thank you.