The trial begins for the man accused of killing three people and burning their dismembered bodies

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Fort Worth police say they have arrested a man in the deaths of three people found in a burning dumpster last week.

FORT WORTH, Texas – The trial begins today for a man accused of dismembering and burning three bodies in a dumpster in Fort Worth.

Jason Thornburg was arrested in 2021 on suspicion of murder after the victims’ bodies were found in West Fort Worth.

The dismembered bodies of two women and a man were found in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth.

Police said Thornburg admitted to killing the two women and a man on separate days at a motel in Euless. He said he used a knife to remove their limbs.

He was captured on video with what investigators say were dismembered body parts in a plastic bin. His Jeep Grand Cherokee was later seen on video near the burning dumpster.

Thornburg also admitted to involvement in another suspicious death in Tarrant County and the killing of a woman in Arizona, police said.

He told investigators he believed he was called to sacrifice.

In 2022, prosecutors decided to seek the death penalty.

This is the first death penalty case to be tried in Tarrant County since 2019.