17-Year-Old Calmly Confesses To Brutally Killing His Mother On Christmas Eve
Mom murdered on Christmas eve: Teen son charged after mother's dead body was found beaten with baseball bat and stabbed with kitchen knife that was sticking out of her eye socket, including a deep slash across her throat.
By Sadho Ram — 27 Dec 2013, 07:08 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
A teenager has been charged with murdering his mother after she was found with a kitchen knife sticking out of her eye socket in her Florida home
William Brandon Aydelott was arrested on Tuesday night and charged with premediated murder for the death of his mother, Sharon Aydelott, who was a teacher at Holley-Navarre Middle School.
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William Brandon Aydelott, 17, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., allegedly killed his mom, science teacher Sharon Aydelott.
Image via nydailynews.comSharon Aydelott was found dead on Christmas Eve in her home in Gulf Breeze, Fla., having been stabbed multiple times, beaten with a baseball bat and had her throat slashed, according to the Northwest Florida Daily News.
nydailynews.comSharon Aydelott's body was found inside the front door. She had multiple stab wounds and had been beaten with a baseball bat.
When the investigators arrived, they found the front door smeared with blood and Aydelott’s body lying just inside.
srpressgazette.comThe 17-year-old high school baseball star has admitted to "brutally killing" his mother on Christmas Eve
William Brandon Aydelott, the victim’s 17-year-old son, was found at a nearby house three hours later, the NWF Daily News reports. His clothing was clean, but police found a spot of dried blood on his wrist.
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He calmly confessed to the murder when police questioned him
The investigator wrote that the 17-year-old was "Calm, appeared to be emotionless, other than giving a small smile a few times during the interview."
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A witness previously told investigators Brandon and his mom had been fighting for a couple of months, saying Brandon had moved out of his mother's home
SRSO investigators say they determined the suspect had been arguing with the victim for a while. Reports say the suspect stabbed the victim several times with and struck her with a baseball bat.
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The victim succumbed to the wounds on scene. Her body was found by responding firefighters with the Midway Fire Department with a large kitchen knife still stuck in one of her eyes.
cbsnews.comInvestigators report the victim died inside her home, near the front door. Blood was found around her body, furniture, and smeared on the front door. Reports say her hands suffered defensive wounds and she had a large cut on her neck.
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"It just shows the state of our times I guess," a neighbor, Loree Rhodes, told Fox. "There's just so much violence and that's sad too."
“It’s just heartbreaking for the family. You just wonder what’s in a young person’s mind to do something like that,” Loree Rhodes, a neighbor, told Fox 10 TV.
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The victim was a science teacher at nearby Holley-Navarre Middle School, where she had been working since 1998.
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