Davis’ attorney, Randy Lucas, could not be reached for comment.Ī spokesperson for the show confirmed that Dr. Phil and his crew spent about two hours with Davis in an empty courtroom next to the criminal courtroom the teen will be tried in. The sheriff wasn’t present for the interview, but understood that Dr. Weatherford said the television crew obtained permission earlier from Jail Administrator Sonya Troutt, and he heard they were coming a few days ago. Davis is charged with first-degree murder in the 2012 brutal death of his mother, Melanie Davis, at their Hendersonville home. Phil and a camera crew of around eight people met with 17-year-old Zachary Davis for a few hours on Friday, according to Sumner County Sheriff Sonny Weatherford. ![]() Phil McGraw has interviewed a Middle Tennessee jail inmate - this time in Sumner County.ĭr. ![]() ![]() Phil, who has spoken to hundreds of disturbed individuals over his career, appears wary of Davis, who stares at him with dark eyes, sometimes twitching or slowly rocking his head back and forth in lieu of vocally answering his questions.For the second time in less than a month, daytime TV personality Dr. Phil, two months before he stood trial.įilmed at the Tennessee jail where Davis is serving a 71 year sentence, the stocky teen speaks in a low, monotone drawl, his hands secured in handcuffs.ĭr. More disturbing insights in to the teen killer’s mindset and actions came in a 2015 interview with US TV chat show host Dr. My only true regret is that I didn’t give her a quicker death. “I didn’t feel remorse, hate, or even satisfaction. I didn’t feel anything when I killed her, even when her blood splattered on my arm and her brain matter was thrown on to my shirt. The next morning he wrote in his journal “I killed Melanie and left Josh alive to suffer. Zach too fled the house, covered in his mother’s blood and chunks of her flesh, and was later picked up 10 miles away. High school killers murdered friend to 'create real-life version of horror movie Scream'.Phil went to visit him in prison for one of the most memorable ever episodes of his US show (Image: Dr Phil) Read More Related Articles He hoped to burn his brother alive, but his plan failed - Josh smelled smoke and escaped to a neighbour's house.ĭr. Zach had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression shortly after his dad died, and according to sources close to the family, had become more withdrawn and isolated as he entered his teens.Īfter killing his mum he tried to set the family home, in Sumner County, Tennessee, alight using a mixture of whiskey and petrol as accelerant. He claimed that he was told to do it by the ghost of his dead dad, whose voice had been echoing through his head since he passed away. ![]() Zach didn’t think that his mum would reprimand his brother or that she would do anything to protect him so he decided to kill her. These claims were never proven, and instead are taken as more evidence of how deeply disturbed the younger Davis brother was. Zach claimed that Josh had been sexually abusing him and that his mum had turned a blind eye.
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