Accused cannibal ate victim’s remains to ‘cure his brain’

Published December 20, 2021 12:00am ET



A man in Idaho accused of murder and cannibalism allegedly ate his 70-year-old victim’s flesh because doing so would “cure his brain.”

James Russell, 39, was charged with the murder of David Flaget after Flaget’s tissue was discovered inside Russell’s Clark Fork, Idaho, home in September, according to a report.

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