Joel Guy, Jr. Killer

The Murder of Joel Sr. and Lisa Guy • Tennessee, USA

Anatomy of Murder

CASE OVERVIEW

Joel Guy Jr. murdered his 61-year old father (Joel Michael Guy, Sr.) and his 55-year old mother (Lisa Guy) on November 24, 2016 in their Knoxville, Tennessee (USA) home. This story map provides a high-level overview of the case.

Thanksgiving Day 2016 • USA

November 24, 2016: The family gathers together on Thanksgiving day for a traditional family meal. Most of the siblings are in attendance. The parents confided in their daughters that they were going to talk with Joel Jr. about the financial support they were giving him. They planned on discontinuing any financial support by the end of the year. On Thanksgiving Day, Guy Sr. told his daughter that they had that conversation before the holiday weekend. Everyone in the family was surprised when Joel Guy Jr. showed up unexpectedly.

The couple's daughter indicated that her father told her that they notified Joel Guy, Jr. they were not going to support him financially on October 28th. The change in financial support was necessary because Guy Sr. was planning to retire and they could no longer afford to support Jr.

Joel Guy Jr. Stands Trial for this Double Murder.

Joel Guy Jr, was on trial for the stabbing death and dismembering of his parents on Thanksgiving weekend. He was bound over for a murder trial which was held in the first part of October 2020.

Prosecutors say that Guy Jr. first knifed his father to death in the upstairs exercise room of his West Knox County house on November 26, 2016, then ambushed and stabbed his mother to death when she returned home from a shopping trip.

Watch CourtTV to get the entire case and testimony from Opening Statements to Closing Arguments

Watch Arguments to Suppress Evidence in the Case

Lawyers try to suppress evidence in Joel Guy murder case

Geography of Murder

The Physical Location

Click on the 3D map to the right showing the street where this double homicide occurred. The 3D imagery is courtesy of  NearMap .

About Knoxville

Knoxville is a city on the Tennessee River in eastern Tennessee. It's population is 187,500 and is located 886 feet above sea level. Downtown, the Market Square district has 19th-century buildings with shops and restaurants. The Museum of East Tennessee History has interactive exhibits plus regional art, textiles and Civil War artifacts. James White’s Fort, built by the Revolutionary War captain, includes the reconstructed 1786 log cabin that was Knoxville’s first permanent building.

Click on this map to see where Joel Jr. traveled from to commit the murders.

Welfare Check

Testimony is given about the initial welfare check. Officer describes the sights, smells and initial observations in the case.

The Notebook

The Homicide Checklist

Guy maintained a detailed homicidal notebook with information about things that he needed to do in order to be successful. This clearly shows the amount of time he spent fantasizing about the homicides and preparing for them. It provides a great argument for premeditation.

"Kill him with the knife."

Joel Guy Sr. was stabbed 42 times in the upstairs exercise room according to law-enforcement and media reports. Lethal damage to his lungs liver and kidneys was noted in the reports. (In fact, a piece of the knife was found lodged his shoulder.) Boston25 News reports that, "some of the wounds were so severe that his (Sr.'s) ribs were scraped and in some cases cut clearly through."

"Kill her with knife... Place her in shower. Turn on hot water and point at her to get rid of forensics."

Lisa Guy was stabbed 31 times. Her injuries were so severe that nine of her ribs were severed. She was decapitated.

Read the remaining notations from Joel Guy Jr.'s Notebook

"Money all mine."

Crime Scene

Watch the full video of the crime scene as taken from body cameras on responding officers.

Joel Jr. then cut up the bodies to dispose of them. In one episode, he placed several parts inside two plastic containers that were filled with chemicals to dissolve the tissue.

Bins filled with chemical solution and body parts

He placed his mother's severed head in a stock pot on the stove which was found boiling by police. He also turned up the heat in the house to over 90° in order to speed up the decomposition process.

Stock Pot on Stove

Guy left one of the knives that he used in the homicides in a sink in the bathroom.

One of the knives used in the homicide

Fingerprint of Joel Jr. compared to prints at the crime scene.

Joel Jr.s hands at time of arrest on November 29. Note wounds on hands.

Victim's Defensive Wounds

Victim's Defensive Wounds

The Trial

The Trial

Information from the Dailymail.com.uk article

Deputies who responded to the home on November 28 to perform a welfare check found remains, including human hands, strewn all throughout the gore-splattered home.

The victims' torsos and some of their limbs were placed in 45-gallon plastic containers, doused with a corrosive chemical and left to liquify, in what prosecutors described as a 'diabolical stew of human remains,' reported WVLT.

Knox County prosecutor Leslie Nassios on Monday detailed the full roster of the horrific injuries sustained by the victims.

Guy Sr was stabbed and slashed 42 times, with some of the blows severing his ribs and puncturing his liver, lungs and kidneys.

Autopsy showed that the man's hands were cut off at the wrists, his arms were severed at the shoulder blade, his legs were sawed off at the hip and his right foot was removed at the ankle. Nassios said the evidence indicated the father fought for his life.

Lisa was stabbed 31 times and had nine of her ribs severed. Her legs were cut off below the knee and her arms were removed at the shoulder.

The Guys had just sold their house and were in the process of moving into another home belonging to Guy Sr's deceased mother, which they had recently purchased, The Advocate reported.

Rene Charles, Guy Sr's sister, said her brother and his wife had planned to retire in Surgoinsville, Tennessee, according to the Kingsport Times-News.

Guy Jr was apprehended at his Baton Rouge, Louisiana, apartment on November 29, 2016 as he tried to get flee in his 2006 Hyundai Sonata.

Watch the recap from each day of the trial

Day One Opening Statement

Mother's head found boiling in a pot | TN v. Joel Guy Jr - Prosecution Opening Statement

Day Two

Veteran reporter Jamie Satterfield reports from the Knoxville News Sentinel

KnoxNews reporter Jamie Satterfield recaps day 2 of the Joel Guy trial

Day Three

KnoxNews reporter Jamie Satterfield recaps day 3 of the Joel Guy trial

Day Four

KnoxNews reporter Jamie Satterfield recaps day 4 of the Joel Guy trial

Victim Impact Statements

Joel Guy trial- Verdict and victim impact statements: 'Our family will never be the same'

Profiling Evil Discussion

Mike and Chris of Profiling Evil discuss the case with Knoxville News Sentinel Reporter Jamie Satterfield as part of the Profiling Evil Choir Practice on October 5, 2020

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"Money all mine."

Bins filled with chemical solution and body parts

Stock Pot on Stove

One of the knives used in the homicide

Fingerprint of Joel Jr. compared to prints at the crime scene.

Joel Jr.s hands at time of arrest on November 29. Note wounds on hands.

Victim's Defensive Wounds

Victim's Defensive Wounds

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