April 21, 2004
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Police offer grisly details of slaying near Findlay
FINDLAY - A Hancock County man strangled his mother, beat her in the head with a crudely made hammer, and then, in a ritual of his own making, he cut off her head, right foot, and both hands. He also cut off one his testicles.
He had been reading about Aztec culture, which authorities say may have spurred the bizarre killing of his mother.
Alma Businger, 83, was found dead in her Cass Township home. Her son, Rex, 41, told deputies he'd killed his mother. He died from self-inflicted burns the following day.
Even though Mrs. Businger was found decapitated, the lack of blood at the scene indicated she had died before the decapitation took place.
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