Hilariously, the morning of the body discovery he was on the local news (post above) then went online and posted some creepy shit (below) and then that night he was arrested for breaking into a different apartment and stealing a condom.
Tuesday in court, Winters read aloud a graphic and profane post in which McDaniel [allegedly] wrote about an encounter with an attractive acquaintance.
“Graduate from law school,” the prosecutor read, addressing the judge. “Party hard by drinking alone in front of my computer. See my sexy neighbor/classmate come home late. She has talked to me occasionally in the past. Has wanted [a certain piece of my anatomy] for three years. Invite her up for a nightcap, make her a special drink called a Mickey Finn.”
Winters explained that a Mickey Finn is a drink “laced with drugs to make you unconscious.”
Then he continued reading: “She’s out cold. I finally lose my V-card. Oh, no, she OD’d and died. I barbecue her legs and arms to celebrate losing my V-card. Not into organ meat, but throw her torso out, lose it on TV while the cops are discovering her remains, you mad virgins.”
When he finished, at the defense table, McDaniel’s eyes were shut.
His attorney and himself insist that someone else posted this (on his blog under his username). Also they say that all the evidence was planted to frame him.
If you didn't see, he confessed to sneaking into her apartment when she suddenly woke up he strangled her to the ground unconscious then hacked off all her limbs/head, threw the torso away into the garbage (presumably uncovered?). The police found the packaging for the hacksaw in his apartment as well as some of her panties with the girl's DNA on it.
EDIT: Forgot to mention he finally took a plea deal in 2014, and he's eligible for parole. Also made 14,000 searches related to the girl before killing her