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Woman who beheaded ex's mum with steak knife ‘whilst she was still alive’ loses appeal
READ MORE: Serial killer and sex slave owner who grew up in the UK awaits death row execution "I just freaked out, and we were wrestling into the garage, and we got into a fight," she told the court in 2020, claiming the dispute had broken out over a painting.Micki Davis had also brought her 9-year-old grandson with her, who witnessed the ordeal.The brave boy told police that Hilyard jumped on the older woman with no warning and started hitting her.Hilyard then grabbed the knife and began the gruesome murder.Midway through, the knife broke and the killer went to get another knife to finish the job.Hilyard claimed she had heard voices in her head that motivated the crime, saying: "The things told me that I didn’t have much time and I had to get her head away from her body so her soul could get free so it could get out and go to heaven."The murderer then dumped her victim's head in the kitchen sink. It was thought that Davis was still alive when Hilyard began decapitating her.While the ordeal was occurring, Davis' grandson snuck away and used his deceased grandmother's phone to call 911."Actually, he was the heart of the case," his uncle and the deceased's other son, Jeremy Rush, said."He knew exactly what happened.
