Overview
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Jared James Dicus died Jan. 16 at the Wainwright Unit in Lovelady from a self-inflicted injury.
- A state death report says he was found hanging in his single-person cell, and EMS pronounced him dead just before 11 p.m.
- Dicus, 24, had been sentenced to 40 years with his earliest parole eligibility set for 2043.
- He admitted to murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old wife at their Waller County residence on Jan. 11, 2023, where investigators described a gruesome scene.
- Deputies said his parents discovered the body and called 911, and the sheriff noted prior disturbance calls involving the couple.