Six months after a man claimed the mother of his children died from a drug overdose, an Ohio man is now behind bars, accused of beating the victim so severely, she was internally decapitated.
Cincinnati Police have confirmed Mayzio Arnold, 25, was arrested and charged with murder.
Investigators claim Arnold caused the injuries that led to the death of 24-year-old Deandrea Funchess. She was found unresponsive on Feb. 15 in a Hartwell home.
The attack on Funchess, Arnold’s live-in girlfriend, was so intense, it caused the ligaments of her spinal column to be separated from the base of her skull, an injury known as atlanto-occipital dislocation.
It was reported in court filings that Arnold testified to authorities and Funchess’ family she had died from a drug overdose.
Still, the investigation into the death of Funchess, a nursing home worker, continued. Eventually, medical examiners determined the cause of her death was homicidal violence.
Arnold is being held on $750,000 bail and he has not entered a plea to the single charge against him.
Bernadette Davis, Funchess’ mother said, “Mayzio and I had kept speaking after my daughter’s death. I had no idea he was a suspect, until I found out he was arrested.”
“It’s really a shocker right now to find out that he’s responsible for this,” Davis said. “Mayzio’s suggestion that my daughter died of a drug overdose never sat right with me. From day one, it never made sense to me.”
Davis told the station she wants people to know her daughter was not only the life of the party, but had turned her life around for her children’s sake.
The case is still being investigated, and those with any information about the attack that killed Funchess is urged to call 513-352-3542.
Just execute this pos and be done with him!
He should get exactly what he gave her, Hopefully the inmates will take him out very slowly