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Accused killer with violent past admits to eating parts of his ex-girlfriend’s body

A disturbing story out of Jeffersonville, Indiana.  Joseph Oberhansley, 33, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, 46-year-old Tammy Jo Blanton. Court documen...
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A disturbing story out of Jeffersonville, Indiana.  Joseph Oberhansley, 33, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, 46-year-old Tammy Jo Blanton.

Court documents show he admitted to eating the woman’s organs.

Oberhansley reportedly told police that his real name was Zeus Brown according to WDRB, and pleaded not guilty to murder and to mutilating a corpse.

“My name is Zeus Brown. I am no longer Mr. Oberhansley. I am Zeus Brown. Me,” Oberhansley said.

Police officers were called to Blanton’s home on September 11th after she said Oberhansley was outside refusing to leave, according to the probable cause affidavit.

Officers watched Oberhansley drive away, before they too left.

Hours later police returned to Blanton’s home when her coworker called police saying she did not show up for work.

Overhansley answered the door to police at Blanton’s home and was taken down by state officers when he reached for his pocket.

Police said that Blanton’s body was discovered in the tub covered in a tarp, and a knife was found in Oberhansley’s pocket with blood and hair on it.

Court records state that Blanton’s heart was removed along with her skull and part of her lungs.

“He confessed that he had broken into the back door of the home and also broke into the bathroom where Blanton had locked herself inside. He struck Blanton several times with a knife, causing her death. He also admitted to mutilating her body, using a jigsaw to cut open her skull, remove a portion of her brain and eating it raw. He further admitted to cooking a section of her brain and eating it. A bloodied electric jigsaw and jigsaw blade were located and collected from [the] scene by detectives,” police said in the probable cause statement.

“Particularly in a case like this where there is such extraordinary allegations of cannibalism, it’s got to make people in our community scratch their heads and say, ‘What’s going on here,’ and it does the same thing to me,” Prosecutor Steven Stewart said.

Oberhansley is being held without bond and is due back in court Feb. 6, 2015.

At the time of Blanton’s murder Oberhansley was free on parole after serving time in Utah for the murder of a previous girlfriend according to prosecutors.

Court records show he was convicted of killing 17-year-old Sabrina Elder and shooting his mom.

Last year he was also charged with strangling a man and resisting law enforcement after an incident at a bar.

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