‘Cannibal, 37, killed his 90 year-old grandmother – then ate her corpse’
When police arrived, they found Dwayne Wallick looming over his grandmother while 'digging into her flesh,'
A cannibal killed his 90-year-old grandma and was caught in the act of eating her corpse by horrified cops, police said.
Dwayne Wallick, 37, was arrested on Monday and charged with murder after police in Richmond, California found him attempting to eat the dead body of his grandmother, Ruby Wallick.
Officers responded to reports of a man standing over a woman on the ground bleeding near a residence on the 1200 block of Club Court Monday afternoon, police said.
When police arrived, they found Wallick looming over his grandmother while ‘digging into her flesh,’ ABC 7 reported.
Officers used a Taser to partially subdue Wallick and a physical struggle ensued before they were able to handcuff him. Paramedics arrived on scene and declared Ruby Wallick dead.
Dwayne Wallick was taken to a hospital for a health evaluation and will be booked at the Martinez Detention Facility after he is released from the medical center.
Wallick was arrested on suspicion of murder. It is unclear if he is facing any additional charges there are no laws specifically against cannibalism in the US, although he may face corpse-tampering or evidence tampering charges.
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