25-year-old Christopher Lee McCuin of Tyler, Texas was arrested and charged with murder after police officers found the body of his former wife at his mother's house.

Officials believe Mr McCuin abducted 21-year old Jana Shearer from her home on Friday night and then went on to stab her boyfriend, who remains in a critical condition in hospital.

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Sheriff JB Smith said the young woman had been mutilated and that after murdering her, Mr McCuin allegedly went on to boil her remains, calling the police to tell them what he was up to. Officers reported seeing an ear in a pot of boiling water on the stove and a plate of flesh on the kitchen table with a fork stuck in it. However, the sheriff added that there was no proof the accused had actually eaten any part of the woman.

Police Lieutenant Larry Wiginton said McCuin told investigators that God made him kill Shearer. Reports say that aside from abducting and killing Shearer in her home, McCuin also killed the boyfriend of his estranged wife. Texas newspaper The Dallas Morning News added that he had a history of violence and had attacked his wife and his sister in two separate incidents.