In January 2023, 21-year-old Anggy Diaz was murdered and decapitated inside a small backyard cabin on Oak Hollow Boulevard in Waller County, Texas. Her husband of four months, 21-year-old Jared Dicus, confessed to the killing after his father discovered her body and placed a frantic 911 call. Responding deputies found a bloodied kitchen knife inside the cabin and recovered Diaz's head in the shower basin. Prior to the homicide, local police had been called multiple times for domestic violence disturbances at the property, and Dicus had previously been arrested for DWI. Dicus subsequently accepted a plea deal without legal representation, waiving appeal rights, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison in July 2024.
Country: United States
State/Province: Texas, United States
City/Region: Waller County
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
Relationship Duration: Approximately 4 months (marriage)
Incident Date: Jan. 11, 2023
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Domestic Violence
The relationship was characterized by a brief courtship leading to a quick courthouse marriage, followed immediately by severe jealousy, possessiveness, substance abuse, and escalating domestic violence. Dicus demonstrated extreme friction regarding his wife's work interactions and social media presence. Repeated police responses to domestic disturbance calls highlighted a chronic escalation pattern that ultimately culminated in lethal violence.
Waller County deputies responded to a 911 call from Rodney Dicus on January 11, 2023, finding Anggy Diaz decapitated inside a rustic cabin behind the main family home. Investigators recovered a bloodied kitchen knife on the floor and found the victim's head in the shower. Surveillance video captured Dicus walking into Cheap's Meat Market hours after the killing, casually taking a beer without paying. Dicus confessed immediately after being taken into custody. In July 2024, Dicus represented himself in a plea agreement, pleading guilty to murder and receiving a 40-year sentence without parole eligibility until 2043.
Initial investigative uncertainty surrounded establishing the exact timeframe of the crime. Authorities eventually concluded Diaz was killed between 4:00 AM and 12:30 PM prior to Rodney Dicus's discovery. Investigators also analyzed Dicus's erratic emergency calls made days earlier, where he made contradictory statements about drug use and psychiatric distress.
Diaz and Dicus met in early 2022 and married in October 2022, settling into a cabin on the Dicus family property. Dicus's possessiveness, drug use, and aggression escalated rapidly over the following months, causing workplace stress for Diaz and multiple domestic violence police visits. Between late January 10 and early January 11, 2023, Dicus launched a violent knife attack in their cabin, stabbing and decapitating Diaz. Dicus then visited his wife's workplace to take a beer before returning home, breaking down, and confessing.
Multiple high-risk indicators were present prior to the homicide, including prior law enforcement calls for domestic disputes, a November 2022 DWI arrest marked by violent behavior while in custody, substance abuse, intense possessiveness, and severe emotional instability.
Rapid progression into marriage alongside unaddressed substance abuse and possessiveness creates significant lethal risks. Frequent domestic disturbance calls to law enforcement represent serious warning signs of potential violent escalation.
Frequent police responses to domestic violence calls at the property, Dicus's violent outburst in jail following a DWI arrest, and erratic 911 calls claiming drug ingestion and auditory hallucinations served as crucial early signals.
Grocery store surveillance footage showing Dicus calmly stealing a beer hours after the murder, bloody footprints tracked across the cabin floor, and Dicus's emotional collapse in his parents' home provided immediate connection to the crime.
Key physical and forensic evidence included the bloodied kitchen knife, decapitation injuries and head found in the shower, store security footage, and Dicus's direct confession.
Rodney Dicus stated on 911 that his son's wife was dead and that Jared was lying on the floor crying without weapons. Store manager Ruth reported that Anggy confessed her husband had changed radically after marriage and was increasingly jealous.
A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation ruled Dicus sane and legally fit to stand trial. In July 2024, Dicus bypassed a defense attorney to accept a plea deal, waiving all rights to appeal and receiving a 40-year prison sentence.
The specific immediate trigger for the knife attack inside the cabin remains unconfirmed, though reported motives point to intense jealousy, possessiveness, or explosive rage.