The Rapper that Murdered and Ate his Roommate
Antron “Big Lurch” Singleton was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
“I don’t believe in justice no more. Just us and God.” — Singleton in Rhyme and Punishment (2011)
Antron Singleton, aka Big Lurch, was originally from Dallas, Texas, but had moved to Los Angeles, California, where he was an aspiring rapper.
In April 2002, after suffering from amnesia from smoking PCP, Singleton found himself in jail. He had been arrested for murdering his roommate and eating her body parts.
The Murder of Tynisha Ysais
On April 10, 2002, 26-year-old Singleton and a group of friends were partying at his apartment, which Singleton referred to as a dope house. 21-year-old Tynisha Ysais, a mother of two, was also in attendance.
The group started to pass around a PCP pipe. In Rhyme and Punishment, Lurch recalls:
“We started smoking the PCP and they just kept feeding it to me, and feeding it to me. The next thing I remember is I woke up in jail with a murder.”
According to witness testimony, Singleton told everyone else to leave except for Ysais. It was at that point that he brutally tortured and killed…
