Missouri State Police arrested

She killed her boyfriend with the sword to rid him of "spirits".. the smile never left her face

Missouri police have arrested a woman accused of killing her boyfriend with a sword.

Police responded to an emergency call about suspicious activity in a home.

According to police, 34-year-old Harrison Foster was found dead in the basement of the house with multiple stab wounds.

The emergency call came from the suspect, Brittany Wilson, 23, who said she had stabbed her boyfriend with a sword.

Police indicated that the sword was found in the front lawn of the house, and said that Wilson's clothes were covered in blood.

The accused told the police that she believed that "spirits" were inhabiting her boyfriend's body in recent months, and added that she stabbed him to get rid of these "spirits".

The Cape Girardeau Police Department published on its Facebook page a picture of the accused with a smile on her face during the investigation in the holding room, which sparked a wave of anger.

Immediately, hundreds of angry comments spread on social media in America, warning of drugs, with a focus on the "evil smile" of the accused.

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