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Murder suspect 'ate parts of victim'

Joseph Oberhansley and Tammy Jo Blanton.

A man accused of killing a woman has admitted eating parts of her brain, heart and lungs.

US website WBTV.com reports that Joseph Oberhansley is charged with killing Tammy Jo Blanton to death in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Officers from Clark County Prosecutor's Office went to the victim's home in the early hours of the morning on Thursday after she called complaining that Oberhansley was outside her door trying to get in.

They escorted him from the property.

But when officers returned in the morning to check on Ms Blanton, they found a bloody scene.

WBTV.com reports that they found Ms Blanton's body and Oberhansley who admitted to cooking parts of the victim and eating them.

Morning news break – September 16