Selfie photo of Bahsid McLean holding his mom's head has TikTok traumatised
The 2013 photo, of Bahsid McLean holding his decapitated mom’s head up like a trophy and taking a selfie is traumatizing TikTok users who have recently heard about the story.
Most people use TikTok as a source of laughter and enjoyment to pick them up whenever they’re feeling down. There’s no shortage of uplifting videos on the platform, however, every now and then some truly macabre stories go viral. This is most certainly one of them.
Photo of Bahsid McLean holding mom Tanya Bird’s head traumatizes TikTok
The disturbing story of Bahside McLean went viral in September 2023 after social media users discussed the shocking events that took place ten years prior.
In February 2013, Tanya Byrd was killed and dismembered by her oldest son Bahsid McLean in a gruesome and despicable act. She had been dismembered and then stuffed inside heavy-duty garbage bags which had then been put in duffel bags and dumped in a number of locations in the Bronx, New York.
At the time, Bahsid McLean, 23, took a photo holding the decapitated head of his mother while posing in front of a bathroom mirror.
A law enforcement official said at the time that the shocking photo was just one of several images found on McLean’s cell phone.
“I lost sleep over it. Just sheer inhumanity. It’s horrible what he did to her,” the source reportedly said.
The unblurred photo of Bahsid Mclean holding Tanya Bird’s head made its way onto social media platforms at the time but was quickly taken down. However, a blurred version of the selfie has been doing the rounds on TikTok recently and has been shared by the Daily Mail in the years since the incident.
#CapCut Bahsid McLean is serving a 25-year sentence for killing his mother. He also posted a selfie while clutching her head. A New York man who appeared in court Thursday dressed in a garbage bag said he did nothing wrong on charges that he killed and dismembered his mother. Bahsid McLean, 23, allegedly stabbed 45-year-old Tanya Byrd and then cut up her body with help from another man, according to a criminal complaint. He was charged with murder, hindering prosecution and criminal possession of a weapon. #truecrime #crime #mom #son #sad #newyork #usa #xyzbca #fyp #fy
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‘Some people are just too sick in the head’, one concerned person wrote.
‘My mouth never closed,’ another who caught up with the story on TikTok commented. ‘Sick as hell! R.I.P to that beautiful mother’, someone else said.
‘This.??? THIS IS FOUL’, another remarked.
‘Sick&Beyond Twisted,’ another person wrote, while another commented, ‘I’m so shocked – idk what to even say.’
What happened to McLean and what we know about him now
Shortly after, Bahsid was arrested and charged with the murder of his mother. He appeared in court wearing a garbage bag and underwent a psychiatric evaluation. In court, Bahsid professed his innocence.
According to the criminal complaint, Bahsid had stabbed his mother to death and then cut up her body with the assistance of another man, who was also arrested later on. Authorities said each man initially implicated the other in the killing.
A police source would go on to disclose a potential motivation for the murder, stating that Tanya had essentially told Bahsid to grow up and move out of her apartment.
Bahsid would be ordered to stand trial for the murder of his mother. McLean would be found guilty of the murder of Tanya Byrd. He was convicted of second-degree murder and unlawful dissection of a human being and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
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