Grisly
details have emerged in the death of a woman whose body was found badly
decomposed in a Stockton apartment last December.
Prosecutors say Devon Epps murdered his girlfriend
and then lived with her rotting corpse, which he kept in the bathtub, for
months.
Veronica Jones, a 35-year-old mother of ten, was
first reported missing by family members in June of last year. It wasn't until
Epps was evicted from his home six months later that the apartment manager
discovered her body. According to authorities, her face had been beaten beyond
recognition.
Epps was arrested and charged with murder two days
later. Management at his building said he suffered from mental problems and
kicked him out for incidents relating to his illness.
"Violence, yelling, screaming, destruction,
and women locked in the room," apartment management employee Leslie Pearce
told CBS News upon his arrest.
Jurors were shown graphic images of the crime scene
during Epps' trial, which began on Friday. The coroner says Jones was
bludgeoned with a metal pedestal, raped and stabbed 32 times.
"It's morbid, it's disgusting," Jones'
brother, Isaac Zuniga, said when the victim's body was first discovered.
"I'm horrified by the experience my sister went through."

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