Boy, 18, ‘slits mum’s throat then beat her to death when she caught him stealing her things’
A SON has been accused along with his friend of slitting his mum throat and beating her with a baseball bat after she caught them carrying out a burglary at her home.
Matthew Dempsey and his pal Daniel Saucedo, who are both 18, have been charged with capital murder in connection with the murder of Mary Helen Dempsey.
If convicted they face the death penalty for the murder of the 53-year-old in San Antonio, Texas.
According to an arrest affidavit, Dempsey confessed to killing his mother with Saucedo’s help, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
He reportedly told investigators he went to his mum’s house at late on Monday night or early Tuesday morning and entered with a key.
The pair then began gathering items to steal but they were interrupted when Mary Dempsey returned and turned on the lights.
At that moment her son immediately attacked her from behind with a bat Saucedo then joined in and beat her with a bat as well, the affidavit states.
Dempsey then went to the kitchen to get a knife with which to slit his mother’s throat.
‘THROAT SLIT’
The affidavit says he gave Saucedo some duct tape to bind her and then covered her with a blanket from his mother’s bedroom.
It’s alleged the pair went through her wallet and loaded the stolen items into her car.
Saucedo left in Mary Dempsey’s car and they later withdrew money from her account at an ATM.
After Mary Dempsey failed to show up at work and she couldn’t be reached by phone, her employer notified her daughter Jessica.
She went to her mum’s house and found the door unlocked, the house ransacked and her car missing.
Jessica Dempsey then saw the blanket in the living room and “saw it was covering a person and saw a pool of blood”, according to the affidavit.
Mary Dempsey was pronounced dead at the scene, and investigators began questioning neighbours in the area who said two males had been seen leaving the home.
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Detectives began to suspect Dempsey may have been involved in his mother’s death and they visited his mobile home, where he was later arrested when he returned with his girlfriend.
Dempsey’s girlfriend told police he had confessed to killing his mother with Saucedo, the affidavit says.
Saucedo was arrested shortly after and is being held with Dempsey at Bexar County Jail on $1million bail.
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