US triple-murder suspect accused of cooking woman’s heart and serving it to other victims
- Lawrence Paul Anderson allegedly slew his neighbour, removed the organ and took it to his uncle’s home, where he cooked it with potatoes
- The suspect wanted to feed his family ‘to release the demons’, an agent wrote in a search warrant
An Oklahoma man who had been released early from prison in January as part of a mass commutation effort is now accused of three killings, including the death of a neighbour whose heart he cut out, authorities said.
A judge denied bail on Tuesday for Lawrence Paul Anderson, who faces three counts of first-degree murder, one count of assault and one count of maiming for the attack this month in Chickasha, about 35 miles (55km) southwest of Oklahoma City.
According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OBSI), Anderson is accused of killing Andrea Lynn Blankenship, 41, and cutting out her heart.
Authorities say Anderson brought the heart to his aunt and uncle’s house, cooked it with potatoes and tried to serve it to them before killing Leon Pye, 67, wounding the aunt and killing Kaeos Yates, the pair’s four-year-old granddaughter.
Anderson sobbed in court during an initial court appearance on Tuesday, The Oklahoman reported.
“I don’t want no bail, your honour. I don’t want no bail,” he said.