Last week, Guy Jr pleaded with the court to execute him if he is found guilty. The defendant was arrested that Tuesday outside his apartment in Baton Rouge. Joel Guy Jr. (left), total POS, moocher, and scum of the earth, killed Detectives also found gloves, knives and blood throughout the home indicative of what Guy had done. He was subsequently arrested at his Louisiana apartment. According to police, the couple had stab wounds and had been dismembered after a Thanksgiving holiday with Guy and his three sisters. KNOXVILLE, Tennessee UPDATE: 11:30 AM WEDNESDAY: A Knox County judge turned back a murder defendant's offer Wednesday morning to let him impose the death penalty if convicted, noting the prosecution hadn't put that option on the table. Potential jurors already have filled on questionnaires about their knowledge of the case. Testimony is scheduled to begin Monday. Usually theres a motivation behind it, in this case we just dont know what that is., Many unknowns still remain after Baton Rouge man kills, dismembers parents over Thanksgiving in Tennessee https://t.co/hFw2YFX46x pic.twitter.com/v8P155mp26. Joel Guy Jr. was a former Louisiana State University student living on his parents' dime in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.. Authorities claim that Guy Jr's parents told him during the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday that they would be cutting him off financially . What authorities do know is that the 28-year-oldstayed in Tennessee three days longer than hed planned, and that by Sunday afternoon, his parents home had been turned into what police called a horrific and very gruesome crime scene. Joel Michael and Lisa Madere Guy - Trinity Memorial Funeral Home They loved their kids, and adored their grandchildren.Joel was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Jo White and brother Jeff Teague and Lisa by her father, Alvin D. Madere. Knox County Criminal Court Judge Steve Sword told Joel Guy in a pre-trial hearing that legally only the state can pursue the death penalty in a murder case. Joel & Lisa Guy Obituary - Tribute Archive KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (Court TV) A man accused in the gruesome murders of his mother and father will finally stand trial four years after the crime. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Those emails may contain statements from the father that Guy had failed to get a college degree despite their help, had been in legal trouble at LSU and that the parents had taken out a mortgage "to cover that legal difficulty," records state.