An Arizona man has recieved a 29-year prison sentence for decapitating his wife and their two dogs in a meth induced haze. He also gouged out his own eye and hacked off his own arm.
Kenneth Wakefield apologized to his wife Trina Heisch's family in Maricopa County Superior Court on Friday after pleading guilty.
The attack took place on July 25, 2015 and was discovered when a neighbor who had gone to check on the couple said he came face-to-face with a naked, mutilated and bloodied Wakefield.
'I just wanted to say I'm sorry,' he said, according to the
Arizona Republic. 'I can't change it. I suffer also. She was my best friend.'
Wakefield received 25 years for the murder of his wife, and two for each of their two dogs.
Both Wakefield and his deceased wife have a history of mental illness.
He told police after the 2015 be-headings he was 'trying to get the evil out' of Heisch.
After he killed his wife and dogs, he sliced off his own forearm and gouged out his own eye.
He was high on meth as well as synthetic marijuana on the day of the attack.
The pair met while they were each serving 10-year sentences in a state mental hopsital for stabbing relatives, and were found 'guilty, except insane.'
He had sought an insanity defense in his wife's death, and eventually plead guilty earlier this year in a plea deal.