Thirty-three-year-old Bryce Winnecke has been charged with homicide and abuse of a corpse within the demise of his father, 73-year-old Erich V. Winnecke Sr. — the latter of whom’s physique was discovered decapitated in his house, earlier than his head was found at a second location.

All of it started final Friday morning when Bryce’s mom known as in a welfare test for Erich, her ex-husband, believing her son had performed one thing to him. In line with the possible trigger affidavit — through WDRB and WLKY — she mentioned there was some “severe competition” between them and Bryce had been “very upset” along with his dad for a while. She additionally mentioned he had been “delusional and appearing very bizarre” not too long ago and claimed he had simply run out of the house with a knife.

Earlier than police arrived at Erich’s house, the mom and one among her different sons went there and located his physique in his bed room. Per the docs, she then mentioned she known as Bryce and he instructed her, “I killed him. I went over to dad’s as a result of he’s the evilest individual that ever lived. I reduce his head off.”

In line with authorities, Erich’s physique was lined in stab wounds, whereas blood spatter was all around the partitions and ceiling; the sufferer’s head was not discovered on the house. A knife, round 12-14 inches lengthy, was additionally reportedly discovered on the scene — although the blade had been broken, probably from the stabbing.

Ring footage from Erich’s house confirmed Bryce leaving the home “plastic bag with an object of serious measurement” that morning, whereas officers then noticed Bryce exterior his mom’s house — the place he lived — carrying a bag with one thing inside “roughly the scale of a human head.”

He retreated inside the home, resulting in a four-hour standoff with authorities, after which he emerged from the house and was taken in with out incident. Following Bryce’s arrest, police mentioned they discovered the pinnacle in a plastic bag in a “secret room” below the steps.

“The top was in comparison with a identified authorities issued ID of Erich V. Winnecke and recognized as being the pinnacle faraway from the physique of the sufferer …,” police mentioned. 

It is unclear when precisely Erich was killed, although he and Bryce’s mom allegedly spoke about their son’s habits on the night of Wednesday, August 13. Ring digicam, in the meantime, confirmed Bryce at Erich’s door later that evening.

Bryce has a listening to set for August 20.