A Las Vegas jury on Friday night convicted Devyn Michaels, a 47-year-old former porn star, of first-degree murder after she beat her ex-husband, 46-year-old Johnathan Willette, to death and then decapitated him.

Devyn Michaels worked as a real estate agent for cloud-based eXp Realty after retiring from adult films. (Image: Facebook)

If you don’t think that was the most insane true sentence you’ve ever read, the following will probably qualify…

Johnathan Willette was 46 when he was murdered by his ex-wife. (Image: Facebook)

Police believe that Michaels committed this heinous crime because she was jealous that her victim won custody of their two children earlier in 2023, and also so that she could live peacefully with her current husband, Deviere Wilette, who is also one of her victim’s children and her own stepson.

Told you.

Because in 2021, the man Michaels would one day murder became her father-in-law as well as her ex-husband. (Michaels was 43, and Deviere 24, when they married.)

“All I can say is, ‘Buckle up, because you’re in for a wild ride,’” prosecutor John Giordani told the jury during the first day of testimony on November 5, according to ongoing coverage by KLAS-TV/Las Vegas.

Night of the Murder

On the night of August 6, 2023, police believe, Michaels beat Johnathan — to whom she was married from 2012 to 2018 — with a wooden stick at his Henderson, Nev. home, then cut off his head and drove it back to her Las Vegas neighborhood, where she tossed it in trash receptacle.

According to a police report obtained by KLAS, the victim’s mother found his headless corpse in his home doused with chemicals and smoking. Neither his head nor the murder weapon was ever found.

Michaels — in custody since her August 7, 2023 arrest — initially admitted to police bashing her ex-husband’s head in with the stick, but said it was because he tried initiating unwanted sex while she rubbed his back in bed.

Michaels’ 2023 mugshot. (Image: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Deal or No Deal?

On September 17, 2024, Michaels copped to a plea deal for second-degree murder. Under the deal, she would have served 15 years to life, with parole eligibility after 15 years.

However, in an emotional outburst during her July 17, 2025 sentencing hearing, Michaels withdrew her plea, claiming she could prove her innocence.

Michaels’ defense attorney accused Deviere Wilette of committing the murder, alleging that he flew into a jealous rage after Michaels asked for a divorce so she could reconcile with his father.

The jury didn’t buy it.

Michaels is scheduled to return to Clark County District Court for sentencing on January 8, 2026.

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