The disturbed former Uber driver who pleaded guilty to killing six people in a shooting rampage in 2016 says the 'devil' app possessed him and told him to commit the bloody murders.
Michigan Uber driver Jason Dalton, 48, pleaded guilty to the February 20, 2016 murders last month, nearly three years after the attacks took place, and was sentenced to life in prison.
In chilling never-before-seen interrogation tapes an emotionless Dalton reveals how the app guided him to kill.
'The minute that I logged on, to be honest with you, I don't know what happened. I know you guys are going to have a hard time believing this but it literally took over (my) mind and body,' he told investigators in the tapes obtained by ABC's 20/20.
Uber driver Jason Dalton, 48, claims the Uber app released a devil symbol, turned black, and guided him to kill people in never-before-seen interrogation tapes. He killed six people and severely injured too in the February 20, 2016 shooting spree
In the 2016 interrogation tapes he says he clicked a button on the Uber app and it released a devil symbol that looked like a horned cow head
'I pressed that button and that's where all the problems went after that,' an emotionless Dalton says in the tapes
He claims the app turned black and took over his mind and body, guiding him to kill people
He had been working for Uber for less than a week when he noticed a symbol of the eastern Star after logging into the app. When he clicked on it, he claims the image of the devil appeared.
'I just tapped it and then there was like a devil head that popped up,' Dalton said. 'It was some sort of like horned, horned head like a cow head or something...I pressed that button and that's where all the problems went after that.'
The app would start off red then switch to block.
'When it's in that black mode, it literally has control of you. It would do a little blink at me,' he said.
Dalton claimed the Uber app gave him an assignment that he had no choice but to complete.
The phone communicated with him, responding 'yes' to his questions with one beep and 'no' by two beeps.
Dalton, who had been working for Uber for less than a week, pleaded guilty to the murders in January and in February was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
Investigators were shocked with his account and say he had no criminal history or emotional, marital or financial problems. Dalton pictured in a police vehicle after his arrest
'You can drive over a hundred miles an hour and go through stoplights and nothing will, you can just get places. ... When I tapped that, it said that I could say whatever I wanted to. ... There would be no repercussion,' he said.
He claims
