A 75-year-old Florida man was found dead by suicide on Thanksgiving Day after allegedly killing and dismembering another man and placing the severed body parts in the trunk of his car.
Deputies from the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office raced to a home in the area of Poe Street and Eden Drive in Inverness to conduct an urgent welfare check Thursday, after receiving a call about a possible homicide.
When officers arrived, they knocked on the front door and announced themselves, but received no answer, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Deputies then began checking the perimeter of the house, the statement said.
In the backyard, they spotted a large butcher-style knife, along with blood and “drag marks” on the ground, the press release revealed.
Jonathan Dimick Sr., 75, died of an apparent suicide after allegedly killing and dismembering a man. Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Dimick was found dead of a gunshot wound to the abdomen at his home in Inverness, Florida, on Thanksgiving Day. WFLA
Deputies continued to try to contact Jonathan Dimick Sr., 75, who they identified as the suspect in the crime, the statement said.
Deputies entered the home and found Dimick sitting in his living room. He was unresponsive, with an apparent gunshot wound to his abdomen.
He was treated at the scene by first responders and then airlifted to a hospital, where he died from his injuries several hours later.
Meanwhile, deputies continued their investigation and eventually made the “gruesome” discovery of the dismembered body of 67-year-old James Banks in the trunk of his own car.
“The scene that our deputies responded to was absolutely shocking,” said Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast. “It is unfortunate that our suspect will never be prosecuted for this heinous crime.”
Law enforcement officials described the murder-suicide as “horrific” and “very shocking.” WFLA
But Prendergast took solace in knowing that the Banks family “can begin their grieving process with the knowledge that no one will suffer again at the hands of Mr. Dimick.”
The sheriff’s office did not say how Banks may have known Dimick, or when he was killed. No motive for the murder was released.
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