Mum Found Severed Head In Sons Room _ The Case of Brian Cohee

"I was cleaning his room. I found a plastic bag. It was heavy. Covered in maggots." Those were the words of Terri Cohee as she described the moment she discovered a severed human head in her 19-year-old son's closet [citation:3]. She called his father first, then dialed 911. When police arrived, Brian Cohee calmly walked outside and confessed: "I murdered him with a knife. I always wanted to know what murder felt like" [citation:5].The victim was Warren Barnes, a 69-year-old homeless man known as "The Reading Man" who spent his days quietly reading outside a Grand Junction bridal store [citation:5]. On February 27, 2021, Cohee drove around searching for a victim—specifically a homeless person or prostitute, believing no one would miss them [citation:5]. He found Barnes sleeping under a Highway 340 overpass, donned three layers of gloves, and stabbed him repeatedly while making "animalistic noises" [citation:3]. He later returned to dismember the body, bagging Barnes's head and hands and storing them in his closet [citation:6].During interrogation, Cohee smiled and laughed while describing the murder [citation:1]. He admitted he had fantasized about killing for six months [citation:3]. Despite pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in February 2023. The judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole—and noted it was the most horrific case he'd seen in nearly four decades on the bench [citation:6]. Listener discretion absolutely required.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/red-tree-crime--6847553/support.