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Beauty and the Geek’s Tamika Sueann Rose Chesser flags mental health defence in beheading murder case
['Abe Maddison']
The Nightly
A reality TV contestant accused of beheading her partner has pleaded not guilty to murder, flagging a mental health defence.
Tamika Sueann Rose Chesser, who was runner-up on Beauty and the Geek in 2010, allegedly decapitated Julian Story, 39, and disposed of his body in June 2025.
She is being held under a mental health detention order at psychiatric facility James Nash House in Adelaide.
Police found Mr Story’s body after firefighters were called to the Flinders Highway property to investigate reports of a blaze.
A Port Lincoln resident told police on July 31 they had found a skull in scrub while pursuing a wandering dog.