A pair of military deserters allegedly slaughtered and dismembered a member of their Army unit and dispersed parts of his corpse along a highway in New Mexico — and the one that pulled trigger said it was “not a hard decision for him.”

Rainor Joiner, 23, and David Degroat, 22, were both arrested by the Taos County Sheriff Department and allegedly confessed to murdering Matthew McLaughlin, a 25-year-old US Army veteran from West Virginia who was reported missing on July 31. 3

The three men were all living together in New Mexico after serving in the same unit at Fort Benning in Georgia.

Joiner and Degroat allegedly had active warrants out for their desertion. It’s unclear how and when McLaughlin may have been relieved of service.

Joiner allegedly told authorities he was fed up with

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