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DEVIL NUT CHOPPED UP CELLMATE & MADE HIM INTO ANECKL ACE

…but prison guards DIDN’T NOTICE

- By BRAD CHADWICK news@ sundayspor­t. co. uk

A DEVIL- WORSHIPPIN­G killer sliced his cellmate into bits and made him into a necklace.

And he did it without prison guards noticing!

The murder of Luis Romero, 44, has prompted a new investigat­ion into Corcoran State Prison, California, and a lawsuit by the family of the victim.

In the early hours of March 9, 2019, Jaime Osuna methodical­ly tortured and killed Romero over the course of several hours, authoritie­s said.

Osuna, 31, is accused of using a makeshift knife to decapitate and dissect Romero, removing an eye, a finger and a portion of the man’s lung, state documents say.

Using a razor- style blade attached to a handle, Osuna ultimately cut off Romero’s head.

He also posed the body, slicing Romero’s face open on either side of his mouth to resemble an extended smile, according to an autopsy.

Guards found Osuna, a self- styled satanist with a history of attacking cellmates, wearing a necklace made of

Romero’s body parts.

Shoddy

California Department of Correction­s and Rehabilita­tion is accused of conducting a shoddy investigat­ion and delaying disciplina­ry action against the unidentifi­ed guards.

A lawsuit filed by Romero’s family says the bars were covered by a white sheet and suggests the guards failed to make a thorough check of the cell.

One of the reports also says two additional officers saw the first two officers “fail to properly conduct the counts” but did not report them.

Romero, who had spent 27 years in prison, was put in the cell with Osuna after arriving from Mule Creek State Prison, according to the lawsuit.

Romero was convicted of second- degree murder after fatally shooting a woman in Compton when he was a teenager and associatin­g with gang members. He was nearing parole eligibilit­y.

His new cellmate, Osuna, was serving a life sentence for the torture- killing of Yvette Pena, 37, at a Bakersfiel­d motel in 2011.

With face tattoos and flair for Charles Mansonlike satanic antics, Osuna mocked the victim’s family during his 2017 trial and bragged to a television news reporter of his love of torturing people.

The lawsuit says he once went into another cell to stab and slash an inmate, resulting in him needing 67 stitches.

Kings County Executive Assistant District Attorney Phil Esbenshade said of Romero’s death: “We do believe the victim was conscious during at least a portion of the time.”

Osuna has since been transferre­d to Salinas Valley State Prison’s psychiatri­c inpatient programme.

He has also been diagnosed with unspecifie­d schizophre­nia spectrum, antisocial personalit­y disorder and borderline personalit­y disorder.

A judge has ruled that Osuna is not competent to stand trial for Romero’s death.

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HORROR DEATH: Luis Romero was believed to be conscious during part of Osuna’s brutal attack
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SELF- STYLED SATANIST: Osuna tortured, killed and decapitate­d fellow prisoner

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