In Waller County, Texas, a harrowing true crime case unfolded involving Angie Diaz, a young immigrant who found stability and love with Jared Dykes, a quiet electrician. Their lives seemed full of promise—Angie pursued fitness training, Jared renovated their home—until signs of emotional deterioration in Jared became evident. His parents noticed troubling changes: odd job behavior, uncharacteristic phone conversations, and repeated 911 calls claiming drug use, which were later confirmed to be clean in medical tests. Despite initial suspicions of drug-induced psychosis, toxicology results showed only trace cocaine, not meth, suggesting a deeper mental unraveling. Jared confessed to hearing voices and feeling commands from a screen, describing a loss of control, but offered inconsistent accounts. Investigators found no signs of struggle on Angie’s body, and she was found fully clothed, indicating she may have been taken by surprise. The case points to a complex mix of mental health struggles, emotional jealousy, and personal failure—Jared had lost his best friend, faced job loss, and struggled with a failing side business—compounding his sense of inadequacy. Despite the lack of evidence linking drugs to the crime, Jared was charged with murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison, with eligibility for parole at age 65. The story highlights how isolation, failure, and mental distress can erode personal relationships, culminating in tragic violence. The community mourns Angie, who represented hope and resilience, while Jared’s story exposes the quiet descent into darkness that can happen when emotional needs go unmet. The show emphasizes the gravity of domestic violence and the importance of recognizing warning signs, even in seemingly stable relationships.
Sort and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences listener discretion is advised So I come back from basically almost less than a week of a break and I put out three episodes for you I put out sort and scale television and I put out nightmares the return of nightmares by the way season three and Brand new sort and scale and what do I get I get complaints I get some guy complaining Oh my god, this isn't the kind of story I wanted. So oh my god, I'm gonna complied you guys are miserable But I kill you to just say thank you. I mean really You don't work this hard. I know it. I can tell You're gonna miss me when I'm gone. I promise you that I'm so negative Always complaining. I bring you all the true crime in the world and all you do is complain you people Oh me go buy a shirt right now go buy a shirt. You want me a shirt? Sword that's written scale.com. Go right now Is that enough silliness can we start this is season 13 episode 330? I don't know something of sword and scale show that reveals at the worst monsters are real (upbeat music) (dramatic music) - Every family has a story that they don't expect to tell. In Waller County, Texas, two families were bound together by a relationship, a marriage and a moment of unimaginable violence. - On the 11th yesterday, approximately 4.18 pm, we received a call through dispatch as possible deceased person, 21-year-old female, inside a residence located behind 206, O'Colo. Upon arrival, they did find a deceased person inside the house. It was a portion of a body dismembered and a residence that was covered in blood. And so I grew some scene at best. Further investigation led to the family being detained in the suspect placed in the custody for what we're assuming is gonna be a murder charge in the end. - On the flat coastal plains of Southeast Texas, something unthinkable happened. It was January 12th, 2023. The sheriff of Waller County stepped up to the microphones. He told the press what he could. By then, most of the facts were known, what happened, who was involved, where, when, and how. The only question left was, why? That would take some time. Days later, investigators sat down with someone who knew her best. Her uncle, Irvin Orayana. - She had been here very long, correct. Can you tell me about how she got here? - She was a barat in the community, I do not know. - I don't care about that. - She came along with her two brothers, okay? - Angie Diaz came to the United States when she was just 17. She crossed the border with her two brothers. They were undocumented, but hopeful and determined. Like so many before her, she was chasing something simple, a better life. She landed in Waller County, just northwest of Houston, and moved in with her uncle. It wasn't glamorous, but it was safe, it was clean. And for Angie, it was a start. - She was always, uncle teach me how to ride the lawn or how to do it for you. And she was always, he always had to have an initiative of doing something for that, 'cause she felt grateful that she was living with us, but in a way she felt like I can, I can put my, so much weight on your shoulder, uncle. I gotta help you somehow. - Angie carried her weight, helping her uncle and contributing in any way she could. They were family, but she didn't want to be a burden. Her uncle didn't put any pressure on her about finding a job or contributing financially. She was still young. But one eventuality, worried him. - And I even talked to her one day, like if I, I know eventually you're gonna make someone. And when that time comes, there will be some set of rules at home for you to follow. - Of course, Angie accepted her uncle's rules. She settled in, started to learn English, and found a job at the local Hispanic meat market called Chepez. Chepez is Spanish slang for Jose. It's like calling a place Joe's for those monolingual people out there. And it wasn't long before she proved her uncle right and met someone. She followed the rules and told her odd and uncle she was just starting to get to know him. The relationship would build, and the family would finally meet him. But not long after that, she broke it off. I broke up with Jose to all of it was very surprising he was strong. Before we went to vacation, she had even bought a wedding dress 'cause they were thinking of getting married. You know? So, and then we came from vacation and all the sudden she broke up with Jose's rules was like, so very surprised, I think. - Angie was young, but she was clear about what she wanted. She said there wasn't another guy. What bothered her was Jose's indecision and his reliance on his mother. He was a bit of a mama's boy. Angie wanted something more. Angie had large aspirations in life and had the work ethic to achieve them. The last thing she wanted to do was waste it with a mama's boy. She needed a man instead with similar life goals. Her uncle though suspected that maybe she'd already met him. She was talking with him and he didn't know if there's someone else in your life 'cause I had a responsibility of what happens to you. - You don't have for her, no? - And she said, yes, yes, no. I met someone and right now we're not going out. We're just getting to know each other. And I said, okay, it's fine, thank you for letting me know. - That's when Jared Dykes showed up. He was quiet, but there was something about him, but it that way. Here's how his dad Rodney remembers the first time Jared met Angie. - The pickup line that he used to get her to call it. Apparently he had gone into the store where she was working at. And he was looking at his phone and he told her, he said, I'm sorry, I don't know what to do. Or something to that line. And she's like, what? He said, I cannot find your number in here. She gave her this number and that's when they started dating. Look on relationship that they have, there's enough. I thought that it was a pretty cool relationship because every time you heard them too, they were laughing. And her laugh was just something special. It was just pretty cool. Pretty cool, yeah, look what I have. - Jared wasn't anything like Jose. He had a career as an electrician and more importantly, didn't have to ask his mom for permission.
every time he did something. He was also white with bright red hair, which earned him the nickname "Roho" around Chepe's meat market. In case you didn't know, "Roho" is Spanish for red. They talked constantly, video calls, voice messages, that sort of thing. They were following in love. He thought to himself, "What can I do? I'm just the uncle." If Angie wanted to marry Jared, he wasn't going to stand in her way. By this time, she was 21 years old, a grown woman who could make her own decisions. She could do whatever she wanted, whether or without his approval. But even before the family could meet Jared, she tied the knot. She texted her uncle a picture of her and her new husband on the steps of the courthouse. Jared carried Angie across his arms as they kissed. Her white dress shimmered in the sunlight. When Angie's uncle finally met Jared, he was impressed. Jared was always clean and well dressed. He was polite. He always shook hands, but he was quiet. He couldn't speak Spanish, so he was often lost during conversations. But he tried to be part of the family. During Christmas, he bought Angie's little cousin's nerf guns and played an Nintendo with them. It was all very wholesome. It was a whirlwind relationship. They had been dating for a few months when they got married in the fall of 2022. But both Angie and Jared gave it their all. Jared started spending all his money to convert a small outbuilding on his parents' property into an efficiency apartment for them. Angie started taking beach body training courses, even flying to Florida to attend. She had her sights on becoming a fitness instructor. They were happy with their whole lives ahead of them. Doesn't that usually start? Well, what can I now one one? Yes, my name is Rodney Diacos. I need an Angelic and Tuliz, a 206 old called Blutberg. Okay, what's going on? I don't know everything, but my friends' wife is dead. Please. Okay. Oh my god. Okay. Where is he at? He's in my house. Okay, this is your house. Maybe they have a building on my property. Oh my god. Okay, sir. Just calm down. We're getting people. We're out. Okay. And you said, okay, and you said this is who to you now? But he's my daughter in law. She's my daughter as well. Yeah. Angie was dead. Rodney Diacos found his daughter-in-law lying in a pool of blood in Jared's apartment. It was clear even to Rodney that only one person could have been responsible. Oh my god. Please hurry. You see something wrong with my wife. Please hurry. He has no weapon. He's in my house. He's laying in the floor crying. Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh my god. Oh son. Rodney was clearly an anguish, but he had to call 911 because Jared's mother Lin couldn't. She saw Angie's body too and just lost it. Her legs gave. She went down on the ground in the front yard and couldn't get back up crying, wailing, waiting for the police to arrive. Her husband Jared was bald up on the floor inside his parents' house also crying. The whole situation didn't make any sense, but Rodney had felt something was coming. The scene got hectic quickly. While the dispatcher was relaying this information over the radio, the EMTs were out of the loop. They walked into something they never expected. There would look to be like a towel on the floor and pink socks from what I could originally see. As I began to step up the steps I could see underneath the towel that would look like blood. I would look like there's some blood on the floor as well. Because we had no information, we didn't know what had happened as she committed suicide, but the shotgun, we knew what we were walking into. There was a desk where immediately to the right of me when I walked in the door. It looked like it had a computer on it and as I looked around the desk I could see her feet stepped in farther and I could see the rest of the body and I realized that the patient did not have a head. At that point my crew was coming up behind me and I stopped them. I said back out we're in a crime scene and they said they kind of looked at me and they realized look on my face. They even told me later that we saw a little bit of your face. We knew there was nothing we were going to do. So they backed out. I backed out and I just got there. I just prevented what we had. I said there's nothing we could do. This wasn't a suicide or accidental death. This was a crime scene and very obviously so. I need a crime scene and I check his out, check his out. This location is okay. Deputies were already enraved. Still more surprises were waiting on Oak Hollow Boulevard. The lead deputy assessed the scene. Jared was already in the back of a patrol car. His mom Lynn was weeping on the front lawn. His father Rodney paced back and forth when he wasn't seated on his riding mower. Other deputies kept them separate and took all of their phones. The lead deputy had the big picture but the lead paramedic filled in the details. No, no, no, the one you got. The one you got detained. The red headed boy. Yeah. Yeah. The responding deputy thought he knew exactly what this was. That redhead boy he'd seen him before. But as the scene unfolded something, it didn't sit right. What they found inside that small apartment was worse than anyone expected. And the truth was far stranger than the assumptions that had brought them there. Whatever happened wasn't just violent. It was something deeper. It was something harder to name. The body of Angie Diaz was found on the floor of a small apartment she shared with her husband, Jared Dykes, but her head was found in the bathtub. And this was taken place in a residence occupied by himself, the suspect and the wife, the deceased, living behind the parent's house. Turning now to what appears to be a horrific case of domestic violence in Waller County, and we do want to warn you the details in this case are very disturbing. Everything happened on a property and all parts and pieces were recovered and submitted for evidence. She was found dead this past Wednesday. Investigators say that her husband, Jared Dykes, had killed her with a kitchen knife severing her head from her body. It is gruesome. It's a gruesome crime. And the best you can say is that's the world we live in today and it is it's a gruesome scene and both sides of these families are going to be altered by it. Either way, suspect and or the victims. They were only married in October and now he is charged with her murder. Newlywood's Jared and Angie had so much promise. Now Jared was
charged with her murder. But the media calling it a horrific case of domestic violence didn't really tell the whole story. You see, the sheriff's department was familiar with the address. I've been here before. Yeah, I have. Where was old Redhead? He was sitting down in the chair right here with his mom. Did you say anything to him? He didn't. Come with six parts. Now you take shit out there. Okay. When they got there, they assumed it would be more of the same. But his deputies talked with the father Rodney. We're done. He's not only information you need for me. You wouldn't have to know Miss Angie's maiden name. They said your wife's. Yes. Yes. And the mother Lynn. Hello, ma'am, I'm deputy Lewis. I think I've talked to you at the door here wrong back about maybe some dogs. No, your son's truck. Remember I come knocking on your door one more and I said, how you know where, you know where this truck's at. And the brother Wayne. I was telling you, mom, I think the last time I was here, your brother's truck was broken down around a gas or something. That was yours? Yeah. Yeah. They realized it wasn't what they thought at all. It's a mom and did in two brothers. And then unbeknownst to me, one of the brothers got married back in September, little girl, or the deputies. And they're living in the shed back around the house. So when I heard possible, the O.A. in 206, Apollo, I thought it was the brother that's sitting up at the turn of the car court. I finished checking the key, O.D. I wasn't, I didn't, I didn't think this other one would be involved. Between Jared and his brother Wayne, Jared was the good son. Jared. Randy, do you remember me? Yes. You okay? Yes. Wayne was the one who had previous run-ins with the law. Even the deputy was surprised to find Jared in the back of the patrol car. But interviews with the parents would shed light on Jared's recent behavior. He'd been acting unusual for some time. But the day of the murder, all the parents' worries would come to a head. I think it was around noon. When Jared came in and told me that we needed to go to like, yeah, we needed to go to a Houston store and gave it a store number. I kept telling him, "That doesn't tell me anything. I don't know. I don't have an app to look up store numbers like you do." Because I don't work for him. You have to give it a head there. So I know where we're going. He said, "He used it." If he used to share these dollars, it doesn't tell me shit. He went back there and his mother was asleep and he came back and that's when I stopped him in court and he heard where we were going. I don't think he was going to talk to me at all. I don't get the impression that he was there to talk to me. I got the impression he was there to talk to us about it. And then I asked him what is he needs. He told me he needed to just go on. What did you tell him? He told me not getting that gun back right now. Are you like this? I said, "What do you need your gun for?" He did this. Already suspicious of his behavior, there was no way Rodney was going to give Jared his gun. When he asked him what he needed it for, he pantomimed putting the gun up to his own head. But then quickly he tried to play it off like he was just scratching a niche. Odd for sure. I just needed an accident and I went to work as a mother and started asking her who do we call? Do we take him to the hospital? Do you want to go to the hospital? What do you want to do? Did that start at the conversations and I laid down and the least thing I know I woke up but my wife was yelling at him from my bedroom to the hall bathroom, the common bathroom, because she heard him on the phone and that was around 4 pm today. You had a behavior just kept getting weirder and weirder. From one o'clock on? Yeah, but he just wanted me to turn my questions. I said, " Jared, do you need to take you somewhere? Do you need to talk to someone?" And then he got his family sitting in the bathroom and on the toilet. He was looking at his phone and then he was talking to someone and that said, "Well, who are you talking to?" And he wasn't like answering me. He said, "That's what that was my boss." He said, "Well, you didn't say that, I just said, 'What did he want?' I mean, he was giving me my instructions for her to like to stop." And then he came in my bedroom because I asked him, " Jared, come here, Chris, just let me into my questions." I heard a phone ring from the bathroom and I was like, "Who's phone is that in the bathroom? Why do you have to use that call? I have two phones." And then I said, "Why do you have two phones?" And then he said, "No, I only have one phone, but he would just go back and forth, back and forth because we were users." And then he went and picked it out of the bathroom and put his pocket and left him, "Why do you have two phones?" And then I said, "Give me your phone." And he gave me both of them and then I noticed one of them was standing, so I said, "Well, this is Angie's phone because that's all a picture of Jared and Angie on the phone." So I just reckon that's bad as hers. Everything he said was, and I just kind of asked him, "Why do you have Angie's phone?" And Angie was supposed to be a warrior, and then it just made my husband just right away right up high. Already worried about their son's behavior, their stomach sank when they saw that he had Angie's phone. They didn't know what to expect, but they knew it wouldn't be good. I opened the door and I walked in and he couldn't see anything, and I took a step in and I saw him, you know, look for him. And so I told my wife, this is you don't want to come in here as she came in. And I said, "Call 911." And I knew she wasn't going to be able to. I grabbed my phone and I started calling. When you all walked in, what did you say? And you described it as that program, and it was hard, but. just for her stomach, and it was on the left side, on the right side. And the way you looked, how many surgeries you saw. I didn't hear her head, but I don't know. You didn't hear her head at all. But I remember it was a quick way, but I didn't hear her head, because she had long, long, long hair. I didn't hear her head, but the house, and I said, "What have you done here?" And he was already on the floor crying. Or any medical room. What did he say? He just said, "I'm sorry." He wasn't giving me any answers, and I'm sorry, I'm not that person. Rodney and Lynn found Angie's body lying in the floor of the apartment. They knew it was already too late to help her. While they scrambled to call the police and keep Jared from doing anything else, their minds flooded with all the little weird things Jared had been doing for a while now. At work, the night before, his father noticed some odd things. I don't know what the words are, but I think the word "lethargic" just detached away. He was happy because he was going to work, and he was really happy that he was late off from November. It was because they're slow during that time of year, happens every year. He doesn't like that, but he was late off during November. He sent him in, and this was his first job back. Okay. No, I'm sorry, this was his third job back. He didn't have two other jobs prior to that, but he was happy that he was going to work. But other than that, he was just distant and we didn't talk. When Jared wasn't late off, he was an electrician, and the company he worked for had a contract with Home Depot. The night before the murder, he was supposed to work at two different store locations. At the first one, Rodney noticed Jared was just off. So I started to demo, and then he came over and said, "I'm sorry, pops you're on the wrong aisle. You need to put these back up." So I put them all back up, and he said, "Make it look like we weren't on this aisle." Cut it as they did. We didn't mess up. I got them all back up, and as soon as I got them back up, because I couldn't think I said, "I'm sorry. Dad, he says it is the right aisle."
to go ahead and develop it. That was a little strange because they're going to do it this so long they don't him and my older son they don't. They don't usually start on the rough slide you know. Other than that oddity the rest of the job went fine. Afterwards they headed to the second location. The store was closed by them and the manager had to meet them at the door to let them in. That's when Rodney learned that Jared had gone to the two locations out of order. Another uncharacteristic mistake by Jared. So when we got there she said oh I love it and I'm going in. You've got to tell me what you're here for. And of course those managers they know what's happening in their stores. They know what I was people are supposed to be on. They know what people are supposed to be doing. And she was asking him that and I don't have that information so I don't say anything. And she asked him for, and I don't remember the words that she used is his ID code or dog order code or something. And he said I love you father. He asked what? And I looked at him like I can't believe he just said that. And he looked at her and he said I love you father. So he wasn't looking at you. He was looking out. He was not looking at me. He was answering her question. And it cut him back a little bit and I said, Jared she needs your job number. He's on your phone. So he started working on his phone and it looked like he was just disbanded and distracted. Eventually Jared found the work order. He and his dad got the job done. He read the blueprints, followed the instructions and everything went the way it should. But something still felt off. Jared wasn't acting like himself and on the drive home his dad noticed. You're not supposed to give up. He's supposed to keep going forward. So whatever was bothering him over the last few days or whatever was going through his mind over the last few days, three days, I think I thought at the time that him going to work made him realize that you don't need to give up. You just need to, you know, of course they were. You just need to keep going forward. I thought really relieved that he said that. Rodney took Jared's comment as a good sign that he was getting over whatever it was that was bothering him. Both Rodney and Lynn had noticed the change in their son of the last few months. And it all started with the death of his best friend. In May of 2022, Jared's best friend died suddenly. It shook him. Not long after, he met Angie and by September they were married. But whatever stability that brought didn't last very long. It was laid off from work, tried to start a business but couldn't get it off the ground. The failure seemed to wear him down, then came the DWI in November and with it, the loss of his license. But it wasn't until the final week, the week leading up to Angie's death that his parents started to fear something was truly wrong. While being polite isn't the biggest red flag, it wasn't like Jared. Like parents do, they started asking him what was wrong. I just told you that. When Jared tried acting strange, I'm just asking, "What's wrong with you?" Then he said, "I said, "Are you on drugs?" And he would say, "No." Then the next time I would ask him, "What's wrong?" he would say, "I'm on drugs." "Okay, well, where is it?" "Where did you get it?" And he would convince us that he had gone and gotten best, and that's what he was doing. He wasn't sure on how he was using it. Because you were asking questions, "Are you smoking it? Are you shooting it? Do I need to look at your arms? How are you using this? Are you snorkeling at smoking it? Shoot that. What are you doing?" "It's things like that. You would believe that he is, but then he would be like, he's not telling the right stuff to be using that." They couldn't get a straight answer from Jared. He was acting like he was on drugs, but people on drugs can still tell you what they were doing. They were convinced he was having some sort of mental episode. There's something that's been going on with them. That's what he was doing. And this is dead, and I'm going to say it out of the week. When I asked him, "What are you doing drugs?" When he would say yes. When he would say no. And then I'm not sure what day it was before night, so we call it evening, it's on the show. "Morokani 9-1-1." "Yes, this is Jared Dijkert. Hello?" "Morokani, go ahead. I did a little bit of drugs, and I need help. Aren't you seeing with this so-called lower one?" "Okay, and what's the problem?" "I just don't feel well." "Okay, and you say you took drugs?" "No, there. I don't know why I called." "Okay, and are you there by yourself? Is there somebody with me?" "No, my family is here with me." "Oh, your family is with you, okay. Okay, so you don't?" "You're probably going to be there if anybody's here." "Okay, but do you need an ambulance or no, are you good?" "I need an ambulance." "I got you." "Okay." "I don't have an available Northern Unit 206, O-Call of Boulevard 206, O-Call of Boulevard. We have EMS and R Outfront unknown problem, further information, sounds like he is possibly under the end for us." Jared called 9-1-1 for himself. He claimed he did drugs, and now he didn't feel well. But then he changed his mind, and then he changed it back. Even more bizarre, after he called 9-1-1, he called again. "Well, I can't even down on 1-1, is your emergency?" "Yes, this is Jared." "Mr. Jared, how can I help you?" "Yes, I'm at 206, O-Call of Boulevard." "Yes, sir. We have EMS and R Outfront, are you okay? Did something change?" "Yes, ma'am. No, I'm not okay." "Okay, what's going on?" "I just, I, I, I, I just, I guess you're in, I don't feel well, and I didn't do anything, I don't, I don't know, I'm sorry." "That's okay, I have EMS and R Outfront for you." "Okay, thank you." "Yes, sir." He sounds confused, like a spun-out meth head. Regardless, the ambulance arrived and took him to the hospital. They ran various tests, including different types of drug tests. Then they said he was perfectly healthy. "So, everybody believed that he was on drugs, because that's what he called 911 for, and he told them just like, "I don't think I'm doing that." So, of course, they did it in your house. It's a alcohol-regional subject. "I don't even want it, something I don't even want it." And then they released it, even after I told them, these here are voices. He's thinking that people are not heard, but the reason he can't stand is hospitals are going to kill it. And things like that. And the doctor questioned him about this stuff, and he told the doctor, "Yeah." And I told the doctor, "Who do you think you don't see it at home?" "Let's split it somewhere." "You can stand it and refer it to a psychiatrist." "So, I don't know, but if he's actually dead, some drugs we didn't even get the results that he has. blood test right here now and for swimming and live at the hospital for that.
Jared's parents didn't know what to do. He wasn't violent, he wasn't angry, but something was wrong. Something they couldn't quite put their finger on. They hoped the hospital would figure it out with all those fancy doctors and expensive equipment and whatnot. They hoped that someone, anyone would see what they were seeing. But that's not what happened. That's not the state of our medical system. So you know what they did? They just sent them home, as they usually do. He was released the next morning with a clean bill of health. This later, Angie was dead. Was it drugs, was it psychosis, was it both, or was it something else entirely? [Music] In the aftermath, the focus shifted. The horror of what happened to Angie Diaz was undeniable. But what no one could explain, what haunted those left behind, was what drove Jared to do it in the first place. Jared didn't even recognize himself. It was like someone came in here, he said, pointing to his own head. Jared said he went to the hospital after doing a substance. He said, you don't have to know, you don't have to know what you're doing, you don't have to know what you're doing, you don't have to know what you're doing. Jared mumbled and shook his head to most of the questions. But when he did actually speak, it still didn't make any sense. It claimed that he had never touched math in his life until that day. But then he said he'd been doing it for two weeks. The timeline was a little fuzzy. Jared was blaming the whole thing on drugs, but he was reluctant to be specific about what he did or why. I was just trying to get him to know what he did. The dude cracks a joke, it was hard to gauge where his head was at, almost crying one moment and then he was like, I'm not sure if he was going to be able to do that. He had to say something to be that man to do what you did. Jared was speaking in broken sentences. It was hard to follow his train of thought, but he said that something took control of him, something on the screen was telling him what to do and it would stop time. He claimed he wasn't in control of himself. He tried to explain that when he got home and he turned on the TV, that's when he started hearing commands, time stood still and the screen was filled with numbers, a voice told him what to do and if he didn't listen, it would make him hurt. But after getting all of that off his chest, he started answering questions. It was unclear if he did rape Angie. She was found fully clothed with no defensive words. There wasn't even a single side of a violent struggle, which is disturbing in and of itself. Why did you put her head in the bathtub and you told him that her hair was wet? How come? Did you turn the shower on? Yes. To wash her soap or to wash her hair? Or won't be washed? Did you have plans on hurting your mom or your dad when you went home? Jared's explanation did little to actually tell us why he did what he did. He contradicted his own account. He said drugs were involved, but he was also hearing voices. The only thing we know was true is that he cut her head off and put it in the bathtub to wash her hair. And she didn't fight back because he probably took her by surprise. But after talking to Angie's family, friends and co-workers, the police had a theory.
But from what we're gathering, it was possibly a combination of him being on drugs and his jealousy. Friends of Angie said her normally upbeat attitude changed shortly after she got married to Jarrett. When asked, she said he had changed. She was clearly having second thoughts. But this theory all hinged on drug use. To be fair, Jarrett was high as a kite during his interrogation. In his intake photos, his pupils are the size of saucers, but that's where it gets weird. When the police checked his toxicology report from the hospital's stay two days before the crime, when he called 911 claiming "methuse," it was completely clean. There were no drugs in a system whatsoever. If he did drugs the night before, it would have shown up. While the drug tests the police conducted after his arrest showed drugs in his system, it wasn't meth, it was cocaine. You didn't even know the difference, I guess. And it wasn't a lot, not enough to cause psychosis, that's for sure. So maybe the drugs didn't cause what happened. Maybe it just unleashed what was already in his brain. So an alternative theory is that Jarrett was unraveling mentally long before he ever tried drugs. He lost his best friend, the layoff, the failed side hustle, the DWI. It all compounded, weighing on him at a time when he just wanted to be able to provide for his new wife and seem to be failing at it. Meanwhile, she was living the dream. She had a job, she had friends, and was pursuing her goal of being a fitness trainer. She was succeeding while Jarrett was failing. Maybe there was some jealousy involved, maybe he was jealous of Angie. But that didn't matter, Jarrett pleaded guilty. There would be no trial, there would be no courtroom drama, no chance to explain what really happened, and no chance to be evaluated for mental illness. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, a be eligible for parole when he's 65. The family of a young woman found decapitated inside her Waller County home is planning a vigil for her this weekend. The person accused of killing her is her own husband, Jarrett Dikas. And friends of the woman found decapitated inside her Waller County home held a vigil in her honor tonight. Angie Diaz came to this country in search of a better life. She found it. She found family, she found friends, and she found love. She was chasing something bigger than herself. Maybe Jarrett wanted that too, but somehow he lost himself along the way. Slowly, quietly, secretly, until it was too late. [Music] [Music] I'd better see my Shopify lineup with dozens of orders after this. I ain't even kidding, you guys are annoying as fuck, I'm gonna deal with you, you better start buying some t-shirts. I'm gonna start holding this shit hostage, go buy a shirt! [Music]
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Angie Diaz, a 21-year-old immigrant from Mexico, found safety and a new life in Waller County, Texas, by living with her uncle and eventually marrying Jared Dykes, a red-haired electrician with a strong work ethic and independent personality.
The marriage was initially promising, with both partners planning a shared future—Angie pursuing fitness training, Jared renovating their home—but their relationship deteriorated due to Jared’s growing emotional instability, jealousy, and erratic behavior.
Jared displayed concerning signs of mental distress, including claiming to hear voices, acting strangely at work, lying about drug use during 911 calls, and being unable to provide a coherent explanation for his actions, ultimately leading to the murder of Angie by severing her head and placing it in the bathtub to wash her hair.
Summary:
In Waller County, Texas, a harrowing true crime case unfolded involving Angie Diaz, a young immigrant who found stability and love with Jared Dykes, a quiet electrician. Their lives seemed full of promise—Angie pursued fitness training, Jared renovated their home—until signs of emotional deterioration in Jared became evident. His parents noticed troubling changes: odd job behavior, uncharacteristic phone conversations, and repeated 911 calls claiming drug use, which were later confirmed to be clean in medical tests.
Despite initial suspicions of drug-induced psychosis, toxicology results showed only trace cocaine, not meth, suggesting a deeper mental unraveling. Jared confessed to hearing voices and feeling commands from a screen, describing a loss of control, but offered inconsistent accounts. Investigators found no signs of struggle on Angie’s body, and she was found fully clothed, indicating she may have been taken by surprise.
The case points to a complex mix of mental health struggles, emotional jealousy, and personal failure—Jared had lost his best friend, faced job loss, and struggled with a failing side business—compounding his sense of inadequacy. Despite the lack of evidence linking drugs to the crime, Jared was charged with murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison, with eligibility for parole at age 65. The story highlights how isolation, failure, and mental distress can erode personal relationships, culminating in tragic violence.
The community mourns Angie, who represented hope and resilience, while Jared’s story exposes the quiet descent into darkness that can happen when emotional needs go unmet. The show emphasizes the gravity of domestic violence and the importance of recognizing warning signs, even in seemingly stable relationships.
FAQs
Angie Diaz was found dead in a bathtub in her apartment with her head separated from her body. Her husband, Jared Dykes, was charged with her murder after investigators discovered the body and found evidence of a kitchen knife used to sever her head.
Jared was accused because he was the only person present at the residence where her body was found, and investigators discovered a kitchen knife used to cut her head off. He also had a history of erratic behavior and was found in possession of Angie's phone and displaying signs of mental instability.
Yes, Jared claimed to have used drugs and called 911 multiple times stating he felt unwell, but drug tests from the hospital showed no substances. Post-arrest tests revealed cocaine, but not enough to cause psychosis. His drug use was inconsistent with the timeline of the crime.
Jared displayed signs of mental distress, including erratic behavior, confusion, and claiming to hear voices telling him what to do. He said time stood still when he watched TV and that a voice commanded him to act, though these claims were inconsistent and difficult to verify.
The case suggests a combination of factors, including jealousy and possible early mental deterioration. While drugs were present, they were not at high levels, and Jared’s prior struggles—loss of a friend, job loss, and failed business—may have contributed to a mental breakdown.
They married in late 2022 and had a relatively happy relationship at first. Angie pursued fitness goals and a successful life, while Jared struggled with job loss, failed business, and personal setbacks, leading to growing tension and jealousy.
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