An 18-year-old in North Carolina has been charged with first-degree murder after authorities said he decapitated his mother Monday afternoon.
Sheriff Kent Winstead says the first officer on scene found the teenager with a knife in one hand and his mother’s head in the other.
"When they arrived, he was with the decapitation in his hand, and it was a gruesome scene. The oldest son killed his mother. It looked to be a large butcher knife, the weapon that was used. I can't tell you how many wounds,” Winstead said.
Investigators say the suspect, Oliver Funez, placed his mother’s head on the ground and was taken into custody. The body was found inside the home.
