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Joel Arciniega-Saenz, 25, (pictured) was charged with the murder James Garcia, 51, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Sunday
A known criminal in New Mexico has been charged with murder after he allegedly admitted to decapitating a man and then kicking his severed head against cars.
Joel Arciniega-Saenz, 25, was arrested on Sunday for killing James Garcia, 51, at Apodaca Park in Las Cruces.
Police responding to calls from witnesses about a body in the middle of a road across from the park arrived to find Arciniega-Saenz with a bloody knife and dried blood on his hands.
The suspect told investigators that he was homeless and lived at the park.
He said he killed Garcia because he claimed - without apparent evidence - that Garcia had robbed him and raped his wife.
Records showed Arciniega-Saenz had been released from jail just last month and was previously accused but later cleared of fatally shooting a man in 2017.
Law enforcement officers are seen investigating the crime scene where Arciniega-Saenz, 25, allegedly admitted to murdering Garcia at Apodaca Park on Sunday