A twisted love triangle resulted in the murder and decapitation of a south Nashville man at the alleged hands of his adopted son. Crazy! That is all that can be said. I mean the thought of decapitating someone is crazy. Bath salts are out here winning(bath salts had nothing to do with this case, just an honorable mention)! Click below to find out more.
Metro police arrested and charged 37-year-old Henry Baxter with criminal homicide early Friday morning for the murder of 48-year-old Erman Thompson. Thompson’s headless body was discovered by a mail carrier in a vacant lot located at 169 Old Hermitage Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. His head was recovered early Friday in a garbage can in an alleyway next to a home located at 116 Claiborne Street. The addresses are less than two blocks apart. According to Metro police detectives, last Sunday, July 8, Thompson and Baxter got into an argument over Thompson’s wife at the Claiborne Street address where the trio lived with three young children. Police said the fight escalated and Baxter took Thompson’s gun and shot Thompson in the head. He disposed of his body in a garbage can in the backyard. The following day, police said Baxter took Thompson’s body out of the garbage and decapitated him with a shovel. He then placed the body and the head back into the garbage can. Baxter admitted to the murder following his arrest. He told investigators he is the adopted child of the Thompsons and also fathered a child with Mrs. Thompson.
