Man, wife kill his ex, dump her body in alligator-infested river

An American man and his wife have been convicted of murdering his ex - wife , who was also the mother of his two young sons .
The court heard how Grant and Amanda Hayes killed Laura Ackerson , cut her body into pieces and attempted to dissolve the remains in acid, while they threw her dismembered body parts into an alligator- infested creek in order to get rid of the evidence , Huffington Post reports.
Amanda divorced Grant after he was convicted and given a life jail .
Laura Ackerson was murdered in 2011, and a Texas jury , on August 21, 2018, convicted Amanda Hayes of tampering with evidence .
Ackerson was reported missing from Kinston, North Carolina , on July 18, 2011, after she had been gone about three days.
The then 27- year -old , an entrepreneur and graphic artist who had divorced Grant Hayes in 2010, was last known to be travelling to the Hayeses ’ Raleigh apartment .
Ackerson and her ex -husband , Grant , then 32, had two - and three -year - old sons together, and authorities believe she was going to pick them up when she disappeared .
On July 20, Ackerson ’ s car was found parked at a northwest Raleigh apartment complex . The location , according to Police, was less than a quarter-mile from the Hayeses ’ apartment .
Investigators learned that Grant Hayes , a budding area musician, had remarried actress Amanda Hayes , then 39 years old .
According to Inside Edition, Amanda’ s screen credits include appearing in The Sopranos and portraying a robotic wife in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives .
Ackerson and her ex -husband reportedly had a tumultuous relationship and were involved in an ongoing custody dispute over their sons. The couple had been scheduled to appear in court on August 15.
Grant and Amanda Hayes , police discovered, had traveled to Richmond, Texas , on July 18. The city, about 60 miles south of Houston , was home to Amanda Hayes ’ sister . Five days after the couple ’ s arrival , body parts were found scattered in Oyster Creek , roughly 100 yards from the sister’ s house.
The head had been severed from the torso , which was found in two pieces, and the arms and legs had been cut from the body , Police said . Various body parts continued to surface for several weeks.
Investigators identified the remains as those of Ackerson and arrested Grant and Amanda Hayes .
The sister did not face charges, according to Texas authorities , who said there was no indication she had any knowledge of what happened .
Given the condition of Ackerson ’ s body , the North Carolina chief medical examiner was unable to determine how she died and ruled her death a result of “ undetermined homicidal violence. ”
Investigators later said evidence collected in the case suggested Ackerson was killed and dismembered in North Carolina .
It’ s believed her body parts were stuffed in ice chests and hauled about 1, 200 miles to Texas for disposal.
Once in Richmond, the Hayeses, authorities said , attempted to use muriatic acid to destroy Ackerson ’ s body parts .
When that didn ’ t work , “ they took a boat onto Oyster Creek and dumped Laura’ s body parts into the water, with hopes that alligators would eat her remains, ” the Fort Bend County District Attorney’ s Office said .
Grant Hayes was arrested in Texas on suspicion of killing his ex - wife . One of the strongest pieces of evidence was a song Hayes recorded, in which he sang about killing his “ babies ’ mama . ”
The lyrics read , in part:
My babies’ mama, don ’t talk to me .
Don ’t want your drama. I got two kids by you .
I can’t take any more from you … I put a price tag on your head .
You must have told your attorney I got intentions on killing you .
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