Grant David Whitaker (Sign Name) is a 25-year-old Deaf man from Mackinaw, Illinois.
On 20th August, his family went to the Lake County, Illinois police
and said that Grant was missing and they could not find him.
Grant and Mavrick Fisher (sign name) were working together.
Mavrick was 21-years-old and also lived in the USA.
The two of them were working together to create a Deaf farming community.
Grant did not agree regarding their future plans and wanted to leave.
According to the police, Grant’s family had said that
Mavrick and Grant had gotten into a fight due to their disagreement.
After this Grant went missing.
This news has created a furor in the American media
and the Deaf community is circulating the news as well.
You have heard about the news channel Daily Moth. Two anonymous individuals were in touch with them.
These two individuals told the entire story to the Daily Moth.
The first individual said that,
Mavrick had said that while travelling to Elko, Nevada Grant and Mavrick
had a disagreement and a very big argument.
This is when Mavrick killed him.
Mavrick said Grant was a demon and felt threatened by him.
So he picked up a rock, smashed Grant’s skull and killed him.
The second individual also repeated the same story of Mavrick smashing Grant's skull with a rock.
After telling the two individuals all this,
Mavrick escaped to Mexico.
A few days before he left for Mexico Mavrick said that,
after smashing Grant's skull he placed the body in a sleeping bag
and placed it inside his car.
The body remained there for a few days.
He said that the stench was unbearable. His skin had turned yellow and there were worms.
The second person even warned Mavrick and told him to be careful of fingerprints as the police would catch.
According to Mavrick, it was Grant who tried to kill him with a knife.
This is why he used the rock to kill him.
A video has gone viral where Mavrick is in Mexico and is walking and recording himself in sign language.
He said he would rather die than to go to jail.
The first individual said that Mavrick had decided to turn himself in to the police,
but wanted to enjoy a few days in Mexico before going to jail.
The Mexico police have arrested Mavrick.
They then questioned him regarding where Grant was.
Mavrick told them where Grant was.
Hearing this, the American police found Grant's body in a car in Lake County.
The Mexican police deported Mavrick to San Diego, USA.
Where the American police arrested him as he was a dangerous killer.
In California, a murderer can be jailed for up to 25 years or for life.
Now that Mavrick is jailed, he will not be released on bail.
Pam Embry Thierry, is Grant's grandmother.
She thanked the entire Deaf community for their information and support.
It was because of the two brave individuals information that the killer was arrested.
If they had not come forward with the information,
Grant's family would continue to worry and would never be able to find him.
She thanked everyone for their information.
Shelby Viguier was Grant's cousin.
The Dailymoth took permission from her before broadcasting her Facebook message.
In her Facebook post she said,
she and Grant were cousins who grew up together.
They conversed in sign language and she learnt ASL because of him.
She had promised Grant to teach her baby sign language.
Recently she gave birth to a baby.
She took a picture of the baby signing 'I Love you.'
There was no reply.
For a long time there was no reply and now she heard about his death.
He would never meet her baby.
Grant's cousin is very sad but has promised to fulfil her vow to Grant and will teach her baby sign language.