KLAS<\/em>.<\/p>\nJudge Mary Kay Holthus sentenced Michaels to one year\u2019s probation for the October 2022 case.<\/p>\n
But police had just breached the tip of the iceberg. The same day of the child abuse trial, police began their search for a suspect in the gruesome decapitation case and by August 15, they had enough evidence to arrest Michaels for the killing and beheading of Johnathan James Willette, 46.<\/p>\n
Crime Scene<\/h2>\n
Police now believe Michaels took Willette’s severed head from the Henderson crime scene, placed it in a car, and drove to her Las Vegas residence where she threw it away in the garbage, according to news reports.<\/p>\n
A trash collection service likely picked it up with the rest of the garbage. The head is still missing, KLAS<\/em> reported this week. A meat cleaver was taken from Willette\u2019s residence at the time of the murder. It is yet to be located.<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen police arrived at the crime scene, officers also noticed that \u201csmoke\u201d was rising from the headless body. During the visit, police discovered that Michaels may have applied bleach and ammonia to the corpse.<\/p>\n
Willette’s headless body was discovered by his mother on a bed in his Pala Dura Drive home on August 7. Michaels didn\u2019t live at the Pala Dura Drive residence, but she and Willette reportedly planned to move into the location together.<\/p>\n
Michaels Confesses to Injuring Partner<\/h2>\n
During their investigation, police also discovered that Willette ordered Michaels to perform a sex act on him while the two were in his residence on the night of the murder. She refused before allegedly killing him.<\/p>\n
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Michaels later told officers that she struck Willette on the head with a wooden stick while the two were on the bed. She did not confess to the decapitation but told officers she just wanted to injure him sufficiently so he would need to go to a hospital, according to KLAS<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nLast week, Judge Holthus revoked Michaels\u2019 probation for the child abuse charge. She now must serve one year in jail.<\/p>\n
Another Plot Twist<\/h2>\n
In another twist to their relationship, Michaels was married to Willette\u2019s son, and the two lived together, KLAS<\/em> reported. She claims she married the son because of unspecified \u201cmedical reasons.\u201d<\/p>\nWillette also was identified as the father of Michaels\u2019 children, according to KLAS<\/em>. The two reportedly had two daughters.<\/strong><\/p>\nMichaels claimed that Willette was abusive to her and a child, the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> reported. Michaels also claimed Willette would watch as a child of his was in the shower, according to KLAS<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Las Vegas woman is now accused of killing and decapitating her sometimes boyfriend — and later throwing his head in the garbage. But two days after the crime, she told a judge she wasn\u2019t abusive, news reports revealed this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":295587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[13766,88528,82019,23,81928,82002],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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