THE man accused of beheading his pregnant ex-girlfriend had voices in his head and rocked back and forth during his “moments,” his stepfather told The Sun.
Deundrea Holloway, who’s facing several charges including murder in Liese Dodd’s death, attacked his family nearly two years before last week’s arrest because of the voices in his head, stepdad Christopher Hawk claimed.
“All these school shootings and mass shootings that we have – it’s like in most of these cases, we know that these people are capable of this kind of thing,” Hawk said.
“We just don’t have the capacity to deal with it. And that’s kind of what we ran into.”
Holloway, 22, had struggled for at least three to four years with severe mental issues, including hearing “dark voices” – one of which he named “Ruth” – Hawk said.
“He started talking to himself acting weird and rocking back and forth on the couch,” Hawk said.
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The stepfather recounted one instance when Holloway was having one of the strange episodes in the living room.
“And he kept saying, ‘No, no shut up, Ruth. No,'” Hawk said.
The suspected killer was being very loud during one of his “moments,” which caused Holloway’s mother to raise her voice to break through his yelling and tell him Ruth isn’t real.
In one case, Holloway allegedly threatened to kill his mom and sister in a text message, and his mom had a restraining order against him but let it expire because she thought he was getting better.
“Ruth was somebody who would tell him that he needs to shut certain people up,” Hawk said.
“She was trying to tell him that Ruth is not real. Ruth is a voice in his head.”
The allegedly shouting turned violent when Holloway “started punching himself” and “yelled at the voices for bothering his mom.”
Hawk said that he and Holloway’s mom tried to take him to a clinic after he dropped out of high school.
But Holloway refused treatment and walked out of the clinic without taking medication after a couple of days, Hawk said.
From then on, he never had a regular living situation with the couple, they claim.
“He was transient. He came and went,” Hawk said.
The stepfather claimed that despite the horrific nature of the accusations, Holloway isn’t the monster police made him out to be.
He was a talented, three-sport athlete in high school but dropped out with two months left of his senior year, he said.
Hawk added they “won’t try to get their son out of this” and apologized over and over to Dodd and her family. He said they were “ashamed” of what happened.
“I don’t want to minimize their loss at all. I am sorry. It is our son who’s responsible for it. I’m not blaming everything on the system.
“I’m just saying that we can prevent this kind of thing. If we can figure out how to do it, you know? But I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. He’s like, I don’t have the words.
“I’m ashamed. And I wish I could go back and try other tactics that we didn’t try.”
Cops revealed that Dodd and Holloway, also 22, dated on and off for around two years, KMOV reported.
Holloway has been charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and intentional homicide of an unborn child.
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He’s also been charged with the dismemberment of a human body, concealment of homicide death, and motor vehicle offenses.
Holloway is being held in jail on a $2,000,000 bond.
