A man from Montana, who was charged with beheading a casino patron, planned to eat the victim’s brain after killing him, court documents released Friday revealed.

In October 2017, 32-year-old Donald Ray Cherry killed 41-year-old Myron Wesley Knight after the latter won $120 at a casino. He was charged with the murder in October 2018. Police recently interviewed the second accused, 35-year-old Jeffrey Glen Haverty, who told them that Cherry spoke about eating Knight’s brain after murdering him. Cherry’s girlfriend also supported the accusation of cannibalism by telling the officers that her boyfriend “has a fascination/obsession with zombies.”

Cherry also faced a new charge of intimidation after he allegedly told his girlfriend that she would be guilty if he went to jail as she had incorrect memories of the night of the incident. Speaking to the woman from the jail in January, Cherry said, “I know you don’t remember right,” before winking.

During the video call, Cherry also pointed out to a paragraph in the affidavit in which the woman said both Cherry and Haverty were involved in the murder.

“The only thing that makes a witness is there’s two people saying the same thing. So as long as we say the same thing, then that’s all that matters, OK?” he allegedly told her.

According to the court documents, Knight had won $120 in cash on the day of the incident and had given the money to the staff to hold, suspicious that Cherry and Haverty, Casino regulars, wanted to rob him. During recent interrogation, Haverty confessed to the crime and said Cherry had planned to rob and kill Knight before they fled. He also said they hid the weapons used in the murder. Accordingly, prosecutors filed a new charge, dealing with evidence tampering, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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