LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The woman accused of beheading the father of her children told police she hit the victim and he stopped breathing, according to testimony Thursday.
Devyn Michaels, 47, is on trial for the 2023 killing of 46-year-old Johnathan Willette. Michaels allegedly beat Willette with a stick and then decapitated him, prosecutors said. Police then believe she poured chemicals over his body and threw his head in the trash.
Thursday marked the sixth day of testimony. Michaels, who had two children with Johnathan Willette, later married Johnathan Willette’s son, making that man both her husband and her stepson. Michaels, who last worked as a realtor, also uses the names Nikki Fairchild and Tracee Tavarez…