Ocala, FL: Woman Charged After Her Husband’s Head Is Found Stuffed Inside Christmas Dinner Turkey

A 53-year old Ocala, Florida woman has been charged with murder after her horrified family carved into their turkey for a Christmas eve dinner – and discovered the severed head of her husband stuffed inside.

The accused woman, Francine Michaels, had been married to the 62-year old victim, Paul Michaels, for 30 years. The couple had three children who were all present at the Christmas eve dinner when the gruesome discovery was made.

Investigators have pieced together the events leading up to the incident, with the conclusion that Mrs Michaels murdered her husband after learning he had fathered a secret child with another woman.

“We allege the Mr Michaels admitted the affair and child to his wife, hoping that the Christmas season would prompt her to forgive him for his misdeed,” said one investigator. “However, Mrs Michaels became furious and stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife.

Enraged and mentally unstable following the revelation, it is alleged that she severed his head and then stuffed it into the Christmas turkey, which she was preparing at the time. “For reasons unknown to us, she then served it to her family when they arrived for dinner, and her eldest son made the horrific discovery as her carved into the turkey.

Mrs Michaels will remain in custody on charges of homicide until a bail hearing in the new year.

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