On Wednesday afternoon, authorities in Tillwater, Okla. said they received a call from a man who said he had just murdered someone.
According to KFOR the suspect, who is now identified as 21-year-old Isiah Zoar Marin (left), was found walking along State Highway 51. Marin was carrying a large knife, also described as a small sword and reportedly covered in blood.
The KFOR report, citing a court affidavit, said Marin told police, “I hacked them to death with a machete.”
Based on the information Marin was giving officers, they had to back track and figure out where the murder scene was. Eventually, investigators found the apartment where the killing took place. Inside authorities found the body of 19-year-old Jacob Andrew Crockett (right). Reports said he had been nearly decapitated.
Crockett is the son of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper.
Police do not believe, as of now, accoding to KFOR, that the murder has any relation to the Islamic extremists beheadings. But authorities did say, according to Fox Oklahoma, that Marin did fantasize about killing four or five other people and that he did target the victim. KFOR reports that according to court records, the victim believed that the suspect may have practicing witchcraft.
According to the police affidavit, obtained by KFOR, Jesse Crockett, who is the victim’s brother, told authorities Marin is a “heavy drug user” and “religious zealot.” At the time of the incident, Marin and his brother Samuel, according to KFOR, were watching YouTube videos about his Christian beliefs.
As far as the relationship the suspect had with the victim, according to KFOR, they were “acquaintances” and Crockett was attending college in the area. They were reportedly playing cards at the time when Marin allegedly picked up a small sword, and began to swing it. The official motive for the killing has not been revealed.
Marin’s case is set for a hearing on Dec. 1, at 9 a.m. He’s currently being held without bond.
Crockett leaves behind a loving family and a twin brother.
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