ROY Jaggers was brutally murdered after a woman believed he had hurt one of her children.
The 27-year-old’s body was allegedly tortured for hours before his body was found in the Nevada desert.
Who was Roy Jaggers?
Roy Jaggers was a Las Vegas, Nevada resident who was a blackbelt in martial arts.
He also played the saxophone and earned his living as a contractor and electrician.
Jaggers reportedly lived at home with his mom and cared for her.
What happened to Roy Jaggers?
Jaggers was allegedly tortured with a blowtorch and an ax and forced to walk off a cliff before being shot dead.
His body was found in August in Cathedral Canyon in the Nevada desert after a 911 caller reported it.
The last person he was seen with, his neighbor Heather Pate, 27, was arrested shortly after.
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Police also arrested her boyfriend Kevin Dent, 36, and her ex-boyfriend Brad Mehn, 37.
Pate and her boyfriend Dent allegedly lured Jaggers to her home on August 1 because she thought Jaggers had hurt one of her children, who he sometimes babysat.
Nye County Sheriff’s Captain David Boruchowitz said when Jaggers arrived at the home, he was confronted by Pate and Dent and beaten.
They then handcuffed the victim and drove to the town of Pahrump, where they met up with Mehn.
“Upon arriving in Nye County, they met Mehn who led them to an area in the desert where they tortured Jaggers over multiple hours using numerous different weapons,” added Boruchowitz.
Pate's ex-boyfriend Mehn is the one accused of shooting Jaggers after he fell off the cliff.
The gunshots were determined to be Jaggers’ cause of death.
A GoFundMe campaign was started by his mother in an effort to raise money due to his sudden death.
The fundraiser has raised over $7,700, exceeding its $5,000 goal.
Jaggers' mother, Kassy Robinson, said he was not a violent person and was not capable of hurting children.
“Roy was so loving and friendly to everyone he met and the world is now short 1 amazing angel,” she wrote in the GoFundMe description.
Was Roy Jaggers married?
Jaggers was not believed to be married.
It is also unclear if he was in a relationship.
Who was charged for the death of Roy Jaggers?
Mehn, Pate, and Dent were charged with murder with a deadly weapon and kidnapping with a deadly weapon.
They are being held without bail.
According to Mehn's lawyers, prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty in the case against him.
The father of Pate's children claims some of the abuse against Jaggers was documented in video recordings, and the children witnessed some of it.
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He is now seeking full custody.
"The children are seen entering the room while the defendant/mother and her criminal co-defendants were committing various physical, criminal acts against the deceased of the criminal action," he said in court records cited by the Journal-Review.
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