Attorneys giving opening statements in a murder trial on Wednesday told jurors to “buckle up” for the lurid details of the alleged killing.

“I’m telling you: buckle up,” defense attorney Robert Draskovich said to the jury. “Oftentimes, in the intricacies and complications of human relations, things get unsafe, things are immoral.”

Draskovich is representing 47-year-old Devyn Michaels , who is accused of killing her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Johnathan Willette, 46, in August 2023. Willette’s body was found decapitated in his home, police have said.

At the time of the killing, Michaels was living with and married to Willette’s son, Deviere Willette, attorneys said Wednesday.

Although Michaels and Deviere Willette both initially told police that it was a marriage of convenience and f

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