Man charged with dismembering woman, then eating part of corpse
and authorreported Tuesday that ities called Hyder was 36 and lived in the two acPikeville. NASHVILLE — A man has quaintancCoffee County Sherbeen charged with killing es. Hale iff Steve Graves told the a woman, dismembering told aunewspaper that Hyder her body and eating part thorities he has an ex-husband and of her corpse in a bizarre beheaded children living in the area. case that’s perplexing law Hyder and Graves said she apparenforcement in a small cut off her ently became acquainted pastoral town. hands, her with Hale, but there is no
Gregory S. Hale, 37, was feet and other body parts, evidence that they were in arrested at his home — in and placed them in bucka relationship or that she a community just outside ets. The warrant states was living with him. Manchester, about 60 that Hale buried the torso Layne said a neighbor miles southeast of Nashin a burn pile at the resitold police he’d had a conville — late Sunday. He is dence. Hale also admitversation with Hale and charged with premeditatted to “eating part of the had reason to believe a ed first-degree murder and victim,” according to the killing had been committed.abuse of a corpse, Coffee warrant. County Dist. Atty. Mickey Hale is being held in jail hen officers arrived Layne said Tuesday. on $1.5 million bond. His at the home, Layne said
According to an arrest attorney did not immedithey found remains on the warrant, Hale confessed to ately return a call to the grounds. They then queskilling the woman, identiAssociated Press. tioned Hale and took him fied as Lisa Marie Hyder, The Tullahoma News into custody.