Oh, this is a murder scene. Decapitation. This is a ugly spot. Blake said her head is somewhere else in the tub. Okay. >> Inside this quiet Texas property, deputies have just discovered the shed where 21-year-old Jared Dicus allegedly murdered his wife. While the suspected killer remains only yards away among his own family. >> He called an ambulance on his cell the other night. >> Okay. >> And said he was on drugs, but I don't believe that he was. I think something's wrong. >> Someone came in and I was not doing it. >> Okay, I didn't do it. >> You can't even keep it straight, can you, buddy? >> On January 11th, 2023, officers in Waller County, Texas, responded to an emergency at a family property. The first signs of trouble gave them little sense of how serious the call would become, and the people gathered outside offered no simple explanation. But once deputies reached the small cabin behind the main house, they [snorts] realized this was no longer an ordinary welfare check. >> She was just brutally decapitated. Disgusting. >> Wounds to her back, her head's in the bathtub. I mean, it's a >> So, red head? >> It's a No, she's dark Hispanic. >> No, no, no. The one that The one you got in The one you got the tatoo, red-headed boy? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I got as far >> Sergeant. >> I got as far as the doorway. I didn't >> Yeah, don't go in. Oh, this is a murder scene. Uh decapitation. Uh it's a ugly ugly spot. Deion's got the suspect detained in a in his backseat. All right, thank you, sir. Good work. All right. So, where's the body? In there? >> Yeah, if you step up on the third ladder, up there, step up and you can put your head in and see. I can't get any further than that. >> Up here? >> Yeah. >> Blake said her head is somewhere else, in the tub. Okay. Okay. Okay. Ah. Stay. Stay right here, Earl. Nobody goes in there. >> Inside the cabin, what deputies found made the young husband their immediate focus. The suspect was 21-year-old Jared James Dykas, and the victim was his 21-year-old wife, Angie Diaz. They had married only months earlier after meeting at her job. But before officers could understand what had happened between them, an earlier call from Jared would reveal that something had already seemed wrong. >> Walworth County 911. >> Yes, this is this is Jared. I I did a little bit of you know, I need help. I'm at 2060 Walworth. >> Okay, and what's the problem? >> I just don't feel well. >> Okay, and you said you took >> No, ma'am. I'm I'm really sorry. I don't know why I called. >> Okay, and um are you there by yourself? Is there somebody with you? >> My my family's here with me. >> Oh, your family's with you. Okay. Okay, so you don't Okay, but do you need an ambulance or no? Are you good? >> I need an ambulance. >> I got you. Okay, and how old are you? >> I'm 21 years old. >> 21, okay. Are there any gates or any animals on your property? >> There's dogs. >> Okay, can you all put those up? >> Yes, ma'am. They're inside. >> Okay, I got you. Jared, I'm going to have the ambulance on the way, okay? >> Okay, thank you. >> You bet. Yes, sir. Bye-bye. >> That earlier request for help offered no clear explanation, but it showed Jared had already been struggling to describe what was happening to him. The more he corrected himself, the less certain the situation appeared, even as his family remained nearby. And yet, one call was not the end of it, as Jared soon contacted dispatch again with the same uncertainty. >> Walworth County 911, what's your emergency? >> Yes, this is Jared. >> Hi, Mr. Jared. How can I help you? >> Um yes, I'm at 2060 Walworth. >> Yes, sir. We have EMS en route to you. Are you okay? Did something change? >> Yes, ma'am. No, I'm not okay. >> Okay, what's going on? >> I I just I I I just I don't know what I'm doing. I don't feel well. >> [music] >> And >> [clears throat] >> I I didn't do anything. I don't I don't know. I'm sorry. >> That's okay. I have get en route to you. >> Okay, thank you. >> Yes, sir. Bye-bye. >> By the second call, Jared's repeated confusion was beginning to look less like a passing concern and more like a pattern. He still could not give dispatch a clear reason for feeling unwell, leaving responders with little they could act on. What happened after that call would matter later because deputies were about to learn the earlier medical response had ended without a patient. >> 527 >> 527 >> There was no sick patient confirmed yesterday. >> That's clear. >> It's really muddy here. >> At this point, the earlier calls had raised concern without revealing what was unfolding on the property. With no patient confirmed during the previous response, there had been no clear reason for deputies to look any deeper. That changed when the family became aware of a much more serious problem, leading to the 911 call that would bring police back to the home. >> Walter County 911 >> Yes, ma'am. My name is Rodney Tackett. I need to send Andrew and some police to 2060 Call Fork. >> Okay, what's going on? >> I don't know. Everything with my son's wife is Please. >> Okay. >> Please, I'll stay on the phone with you. >> Okay, are you Okay, are you on location right now? >> Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am, I am. Oh my >> Okay. >> I'm here. >> Where is he at? >> He's in my house. >> Okay, this is your house? >> They They They They have They're building on my property. >> Okay, and you said this is who to you now? >> She's my daughter-in-law. She's my daughter-in-law. >> Okay, it's a female? >> Yes. >> Okay, okay, okay. Where is she at in the house? >> Laying on the floor. >> With the new call, Jared was no longer simply a young man asking for medical help. His father's fear, combined with Jared's presence inside the main house, made him the person deputies needed to understand first. But before they could question him fully, officers had to separate everyone on the property and learn what the family had noticed in the days leading up to this. >> Where was Where was old redhead? >> He was sitting down in the chair right here with his mom. >> Did he say anything to you? >> I I understand it's difficult. >> I understand it's difficult. >> You want me to back up? >> Yeah, we're going to need y'all to be separated right now. Okay, just in case just until we get everything figured out. >> want to >> ID him? >> Yeah. >> Hello, ma'am. I'm Deputy Lewis. I think I've talked to you at the door here a while back about maybe some dogs or something. No, your son's truck. Remember I come knocking on your door one morning and said, "Hey, you know where you know where that truck's at?" Could I get your name, please, ma'am? >> Lewis, Terry Lewis. >> Is any Is anybody else here other than you? And that's one of your sons there? >> He was He was gone. He took his dog to the park. >> Okay. >> And I called him and told him that >> husband over there. Okay. >> They just woke up from a nap. He told me it happened this morning. >> Who told you? >> Jared. >> Okay. >> And he has been acting really strange lately. >> Okay. >> He called an ambulance on his cell the other night. >> Okay. >> And um said he was on but I don't believe that he was. I think something wrong. >> Okay. >> My involvement is when I walked up he was walking the red-headed guy and asked me We met about where that tree is. Asked me to put him in his backseat. I walked him over there and did. He didn't say anything and I didn't say anything. >> Okay. Thank you. I'm just identifying the folks that are here. I've been here Have you ever been here before? >> I was here 48 hours ago. >> Okay. >> I've been here for quite a few times. >> Oh, and he called the ambulance on himself? >> That's right. >> And uh I need to go get with Daddy real quick. If you don't mind just I've asked them They've been very cooperative. Just They not go in the house uh while I'm over there talking to Daddy real quick. >> So, no one go in this house or the one that >> Either No Nobody in this house. Nobody. >> At least get my dogs from their leashes and have them here cuz they fight anyway. They don't have a way to separate them out. So, have ready >> You just put him in there? >> Yeah, I know, but I mean >> He didn't think he wouldn't be to go in the house. >> Yeah, honestly. >> So you bring him out here, you going to be able to tie him up or you going to eat somebody? >> Yes, sir. Of course. Promise. He ain't going to eat anybody, man. This is I'll go in with him. 10 guys with guns here. I'm not going to let him out of my sight. I [laughter] promise you that. Thank you. >> After hearing the family's scattered accounts, deputies were beginning to understand [music] how deeply everyone on the property was connected. Jared's father was reportedly well-known around the close-knit Waller County community where neighbors had known Jared since childhood and even the county judge had recently married the young couple. >> He knows these folks, judge. >> Okay. >> After speaking with the family, deputies began to see that Jared's recent behavior had not started that day. The earlier ambulance calls, his mother's doubts about drugs, and the suggestion that he already knew what happened all added to their concern. But with several buildings and family members on the property, a misunderstanding over which home mattered was about to create a new problem. >> Sergeant, you know you didn't know this >> Sir. >> Well, you didn't know this at the time, did you? >> No. >> How did it happen? >> Yeah. >> Uh they said that the deceased lady and old boy that's in the backseat of Deonna's car got married last September. >> Mhm. >> And all they know is her name is Angie, A N G I. >> She She what? >> But she works at Chippy's or worked at Chippy's. So if she doesn't have any, I'm thinking you know, we ain't going in there. Hopefully she's got some There's some ID in there, but they could ID her if if there's nothing in there. Uh and that's pretty much it. I really hadn't I didn't ask mama or brother a whole lot. >> All right. Thank you, sir. >> All right. Bye. >> I forgot to tell you sergeant when I was just getting mama's information. >> Uh-huh. >> And I said oh >> I'm listening. I'm just >> Yeah, I'm just She said, "You know he he's been acting funny lately. And he told me he told me he told me it happened this morning." >> Really? Are you the homeowner? Uh we'd like to ask for your consent to go into the house. >> Into my house? >> Yes. >> Yes, no. >> Okay, without we're going to get a search >> for >> Jared right there. Okay. >> What do you need to go into my house for? >> Isn't that where the body's at? >> No, sir. >> No, sir. Okay. >> house. I've got nine dogs in there. >> I apologize. I was told >> No. >> I apologize. >> I was told I had to talk to me and start threatening me with god damn search warrant. That's not needed. It's not necessary. >> Sir, I was asking for your consent. >> And I told you no. >> And I was going under the impression that the body was inside the house. >> All right. >> So >> good? >> I You tell me. Are we good? >> I apologize apologize to you. >> Can we get your consent to go into the house behind you? >> Yes, definitely can't go >> Okay, thank you very much. >> Since you can't I've already been told I can't go in my house and you're going to go in my house you're going to have to shoot my god damn dogs to get in that house. That's not going to happen. >> We're trying to figure out what's going on here. >> All right, that's why I'm getting a >> That's all we're doing. >> You want to go in that house, I'll let you in that house, but you've got to take this and send somebody in there with me to secure my dogs. Do y'all like my >> We have no intention of your >> That's why I'm getting a >> So, we we have no intention of harming >> any more harm to my dogs. >> Okay. >> That's just it's a misunderstanding. I apologize to you. >> We're just We're trying to get to the bottom of what's going on here. That's all we're trying to do. >> Jared. Randy Lewis, remember me? >> Yes, sir. >> You okay? >> Yes, sir. >> Jared, would you mind giving me the pass code to your phone? It's supposed to be a six-digit code. Sorry, I can't hear. Six Yes, I don't forget the rest. So, is it is it It's Any more to it? And that'll open it up. It's not safe. Nothing like that. Just Okay. Thank you. >> The access issue relating to Rodney's house was simply a misunderstanding, not a refusal to let deputies examine the cabin. Once officers understood which building belonged to the couple, the father's concern about his dogs no longer stood in the way of the investigation. With the scene secured and the family separated, attention could finally turn back to Jared, who was about to face direct questions about Angie. >> Hello. He's here. He's here. Okay. So, it's my um understanding you were just in the hospital. Is that right? >> Yes, and after that I started feeling weird. >> What were you in the hospital for? >> Um stomach pain. >> Okay. Do you know what what hospital did you go to? >> Ronald Reagan. >> Okay. Okay. Um So, that is your mom and dad's house where you live, correct? And what's your wife's name? You don't want to answer Okay. Do you want to tell me what happened? >> I think it's important. Something came in here. I I was not doing well. >> What was it telling you? If something came in there, what was it telling you? >> Do you not know or you just refusing to answer? >> I just I >> Okay. And you're not going to tell us what happened? >> No, I didn't do it. >> You can't You can't even keep a straight face, buddy. >> She was just a piece of trash you threw out, huh? >> I don't >> The more Jared avoided a direct answer, the more his apology worked against his denial. Investigators used an appeal to remorse tactic, urging Jared to take responsibility and show that he understood the gravity of what he had done. To the investigators, his reaction suggested he understood the seriousness of their questions, even if he would not yet accept responsibility. But officers kept pressing for an explanation, and Jared was about to describe a force outside himself while revealing what he had allegedly done. >> Okay, I'm >> How did it make you feel? >> scary. It was telling me what to Telling me what to do. >> What did it tell you to do? >> It would like stop time. Whenever I'm going to do something, it would stop. >> Okay. >> And then time would stop, and then I'd do it. And then it was like I was being forced. Like not of my free will. >> Okay, forced to do what? >> Forced to just walk, forced to go. >> Okay. What did it What did it force you to do to her? What did it force you to do to your wife? >> It forced me >> To what? Why? What did it tell you to do to her? Did it tell you how to kill her? So, how did you Tell us how you killed >> I don't know because it wasn't it wasn't it wasn't Jared. It It Jared. >> Okay, so it wasn't Jared, but somebody that was you think that caused you to do it. What did he cause you to do to her? I'm asking you. >> That's what he told me to do. >> And made you cut her head off. And what did you use to do that with? Where did you get the knife from? >> It was put in my hand by her. >> By her? >> Mhm. >> Did she say anything to you? Was she pleading? Did she tell you don't do this? Stop. What did she say? >> She said stop. It told me to break. >> Okay, so what happened next? Did you follow through with that? You pulled her clothes. She's on the floor. So tell us what happened. So after you all you here you did what else? >> Were you trying to kill her or it was afterwards? Were there scratch on her body? Did you do that after you cut her off? Or before? >> At this point Jared's own statements had placed him at the center of the investigation while the evidence inside the cabin gave deputies probable cause to move forward. With Jared taken into custody, he was booked into the local jail on a charge. In July 2024, he pleaded guilty to Angie's murder >> [music] >> and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. He later died while incarcerated in January 2026.