Son severs, stews

mother’s head in pot

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor & PR Chair

Parents nurture and guide their children. They assist them into adulthood, where they then leave the nest and make their own family. However, trust and love are something so easily taken advantage of.

Joel Guy Jr. was born in 1988, with a good upbringing. He grew up with two sisters. Everything Guy could ever want was provided to him by his parents. He had electronics, games and plenty of enriching toys.

Guy graduated from Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in 2006, but never used his degree. He never obtained a job and instead remained living with his parents. His two sisters, however, grew up and moved out, having their own families. Guy’s parents provided everything he needed, even now as an adult with a degree.

Guy was described as abrasive and a loner, but was doted on by his mother, Lisa Guy.

Yet, Lisa and Joel wanted to retire. They had done their time with the 9-5 toil, and made plans to shift to their golden years. Lisa and Joel sold their home in Knoxville, Tennessee, purchasing a new home in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.

However, with retiring, Lisa and Joel could never afford to continue to pay for their son. They informed Guy of this, tell- ing him he needed to find employment and a place to live.

Lisa and Joel planned to have one last family gathering in the childhood home for their children. It would be Thanksgiving of 2016. Guy, his sisters and his parents gathered and had a lovely dinner.

If only they were aware of the horrors to come.

Only two days later would Hell become a reality for the Guy family. Guy would murder and mutilate both of his parents Nov. 26.

Guy attacked his father first, ambushing him from behind with a knife. The attack took place upstairs, in the home’s fitness room.