Tattoo artist claims he killed Erik Stocker because 'he wanted to go'
The tattoo artist claims he killed Erik Stocker because ‘he wanted to go’ (Picture: Florida Department of Law Enforcement)

A suspected serial killer has coolly confessed to 32 murders in front of reporters after being arrested in connection with the killing of his former housemate.

Holding his head high as he appeared outside Manhattan Criminal Court, suspected serial killer Nicholas Brent Gibson said he had killed 77-year-old Erik Stocker with his bare hands.

He then went on to contradict himself by saying that he used a big samurai sword, and alleged that the victim wanted to die.

Gibson was arrested nearly two weeks ago in connection with the killing of Stocker who was stabbed with a samurai sword inside the Miami Beach apartment the two men shared in April.

With his wrists restrained and his ankles shackled, the heavily tattooed convicted sex offender appeared before a judge on Friday morning for an extradition hearing.

Convicted sex offender Nicholas Gibson, wanted for hacking to death a 77-year- old Florida man, told cops he has left a trail of six other victims across the U.S. since he was 12-YEARS-OLD. photo by John M. Mantel, May 17, 2019. New York court. Outside court reporter asks him if he killed the guy? *dead-eyed into camera* ?With my bare hands?
Nicholas Gibson claims to have also murdered a homeless man (Picture: John M. Mantel for DailyMail.com)

After waving extradition back to Florida to potentially face murder charges, he was led outside by a pair of US Marshals.

While he was awaiting transportation, a reporter asked Gibson if he killed ‘the guy in Florida.’

‘With my bare hands,’ he answered, while motioning with his tattooed hands cuffed at the waist level.

When another member of the media said that it had been reported that the murder weapon was a sword, Gibson replied, ‘Yes. A big one.’

A third reporter asked the accused killer why he took Stocker’s life, to which he replied, ‘He wanted to go.’

7006873 New York Police catch potential serial killer NYPD cops busted a tatted convicted sex offender wanted for the ?unusually gory? mutilation and murder of an elderly man in Florida last month, according to police and reports. A police officer and a sergeant from the department?s Transit Bureau spotted 32-year-old Nicholas Brent Gibson around 9:25 a.m. Sunday on the southbound L train platform at the First Avenue station, cops said Tuesday. They recognized him as a suspect wanted for the mid-April murder of 77-year-old Eric Stocker, who had been dead inside his Miami Beach apartment for at least 10 days before cops were called to check on reports of an odor coming from inside, Miami Beach police said Tuesday. Sources told the Miami Herald Stocker was killed with ?some type of sword? and it was ?an usually gory scene.? Gibson was allegedly a caretaker for the elderly victim, according to the report. Miami Beach detectives were able to track Gibson to the Big Apple, and notified the NYPD on Friday. When NYPD cops tried to take him into custody Sunday, Gibson took a fighting stance and became combative in an attempt to prevent them from arresting him, a law enforcement source said. The officers briefly struggled with Gibson before taking him into custody. He was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and as a fugitive in another state, police said. Gibson was also wanted for violating probation for failing to register as a sex offender, according to Miami Beach police.
Investigators have begun looking into cold cases and missing persons after Gibson’s claims (Picture: Florida Department of Law Enforcement)

Gibson confirmed previous reports that he had begun killing people at age 12, and after a long pause reportedly put his total tally of victims at 32.

Investigators have begun looking into cold cases and missing persons reports to determine whether Gibson’s crimes are true, or nothing more than empty boasts.

Police sources told DailyMail.com last week that Gibson insisted he was 13 when he claimed his first victim, bashing a ‘black man’ with a brick in 1999.

He alleges that the murder took place in woodland near his home in Kennesaw, Georgia, where he struck again a year later, throwing a special needs child into a river.

Gibson was convicted of rape in June 2000 and spent seven years in jail at the Illinois Youth Center in Harrisburg, Illinois.

He told detectives that after his release he killed a Russian man in Tampa Bay, Florida, before slicing the throat of an African American man he smoked marijuana with in Compton, California.

He also claims to have murdered a homeless man, making it his fifth killing.

Stocker’s decomposing body was found on April 30 after neighbours reported a foul smell coming from his first floor apartment in South Beach.

Police believe his body had been inside the apartment for about two weeks, but the corpse went undetected because most of the neighbouring units are vacation homes.

Tattoo artist Gibson, who sources said was living with Stocker, allegedly killed and mutilated him, before stealing his wallet and credit cards.

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