CHEERLEADER CHOPPED UP & STUFFED INTO BARREL
Kiddie porn convict accused of mutilating young beauty’s body
ADRUG binge ended with an Ohio lowlife waking up to find a dead cheerleader hanging in his basement! But after making the chilling find, vile creep William Slaton, 35, hacked off the beauty’s fingers, sliced off her tattoos and stuffed her naked body in a barrel, cops say.
Police discovered 21-yearold Cecily Cornett’s mutilated body covered in blowflies on Slaton’s property in Middletown late last month.
Lawmen say Slaton told them he discovered Cecily’s body in his basement after a night of heavy drug use.
“Slaton stated he then used a sharp object to cut off all the victim’s fingers. He then used a razor knife to cut off all of the victim’s tattoos on her body. He put the items in a sealed bowl and hid the fingers and skin in the basement,” the arrest report states.
According to detectives, Slaton says after Cecily’s death, he let her corpse rot in his basement for several days before shoving it into a metal drum and stashing it in his junk-filled backyard.
Slaton was arrested after he tossed the barrel containing the licensed nurses aide’s naked body over a backyard fence when officers arrived, the report charges.
When officers opened the drum, they found the former high school cheerleader’s corpse blanketed with blowflies, according to reports.
Police say they later discovered the plastic bowl containing human fingers and sections of tattooed skin.
A woman living in Slaton’s home — whose identity has been concealed by police — called a relative in Tennessee to share information about Cecily’s death, say cops, who
report the out-of-state resident tipped off police.
Slaton’s been charged with gross abuse of a corpse, evidence-tampering and failure to report a crime or death.
His bond was set at $210,000. He could face additional charges after Cecily autopsy results are released.
The monster was released from prison in 2018 after serving a seven-year sentence on a child pornography conviction.
Neighbor Jessica Geib described Slaton to FOX19 NOW as “a very shady person.”
“He would just come out screaming at people and he was arguing with people all the time,” she says.