Crime & Safety

Hartford Man Decapitated Landlord With Sword: Report

A Hartford man has been arrested on a murder charge for allegedly using a samurai sword to kill his landlord.

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartrford man is facing a murder charge on accusations that he beheaded his landlord with a samurai sword, according to The New Haven Register. Jerry David Thompson, 42, was arrested Monday.

The day before, Victor King, Thompson's landlord, was found decapitated in his Asylum Avenue home.

The killing was apparently related to an argument in which Thompson threatened King with the sword, leading King to file an incident report with police, The Register reported.

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King is being held on $2 million bond.

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