Kevin Lloyd Artz
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Jackson, Michigan, USA
- Date of birth
- November 22, 1956
- Age at first offence
- 43
- Characteristics
- dismemberment, torture, motive unclear
- Victim profile
- Patricia Artz, 46 (his wife)
- Method of murder
- Beating with a metal pipe
- Date(s) of murder
- July 12, 1999
- Years active
- 1999
- Date of arrest
- 3 days after
- Status
-
Life imprisonment
Sentenced to life imprisonment on March 15, 2001
Case record
Background
Kevin Lloyd Artz was married for 12 years to Patricia Artz. Patricia Artz was 46 years old.
Several weeks prior to the alleged murder, Artz underwent brain surgery to remove a large blood clot. Although Artz was found competent to stand trial, several defense experts were in the process of testifying that the operation caused him to go insane.
The offence
Artz looked at his wife Patricia and saw the devil staring back. Artz allegedly struck his wife with a metal pipe, dismembered her body, and cooked it for two days at their family restaurant.
Investigation
Police arrested Artz while he was putting a box that contained the severed head of his wife on a nearby porch.
Arrest
Artz was arrested while putting a box containing the severed head of his wife on a nearby porch.
Trial
A state psychiatrist and an independent psychiatrist hired by the Artz family testified that Artz understood the charge and was able to assist defense attorney Joseph Filip.
Artz was charged with murdering his wife, then cutting her up and cooking her.
Sentencing
Artz was sentenced to life imprisonment on March 15, 2001.
Other details
Neighbors were shocked by the news. Neighbor James Weston said: "I don't know. We were pretty upset about it. Even now to this day it's kind of hard to think about it. Thinking that she went through that." Neighbor James Weston also said: "It's pretty creepy. We were laying sleeping in our beds, you know, 100 yards away while he was doing that." Rose Hubbell said: "The cops were never called there." Rose Hubbell also said: "We never heard of any domestic violence or repeated police scenes there at all." Patricia’s family members would not comment until the trial was over. The family restaurant was transformed into an entirely different kind of business.
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