Son Kills Elderly Mother With Crossbow

[matcom]

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PALM CITY, Fla. -- A man was charged with murder after fatally shooting his elderly mother with a crossbow, officials said.

Bruce Charles Neal, 42, had been fighting with his mother, 79-year-old Jean Neal, over her will, officials said.

After taking a bike ride to cool down, he took a crossbow from the trunk of his car and shot a phonebook "so he could impress his mother with the power of the cross bow," according to a report by Martin County sheriff's officials. He said when she wasn't impressed, he shot her in the chest, the report said.

Bruce Neal told authorities his mother walked into the kitchen before falling. He pulled out the arrow before calling 911, telling a dispatcher "it wasn't an accident," and that he was bipolar, according to the Stuart News.

Officials found Jean Neal on the floor of the kitchen and a bloody arrow on the kitchen counter, according to a police report.

Bruce Neal was handcuffed at the house, but he "began to cry again and asked me if his mother was dead," wrote Detective Rebecca S. Bagley in a report.

Jean Neal was pronounced dead at Martin Memorial Medical Center.

Ruth and Gerry Mefferd, neighbors in an upscale cul-de-sac, said Jean Neal was a retired nurse who had moved to Florida eight years ago with her husband, who died in April. Bruce Neal, an unemployed handyman, worked for neighbors, the couple said.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3801807/detail.html

[DrWeird]

1. Maybe she was one of them there Rakshasas.

You never know.

[ET Awful]

2. So the guy is mad at his mom because she won't write her will the way

he wants, so he kills her before she can amend the will.

Sheer frickin' genius there.

[candy]

3. He's bipolar? Does that make it okay!

An unemployed loser is my opinion of him.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. Chris Rock Says, "Can't you just be crazy?"

:shrug: Diagnoses just give people excuses.
Duckie

[sysoprock]

4. Am I evil for laughing at how absurd this is?

"he took a crossbow from the trunk of his car and shot a phonebook "so he could impress his mother with the power of the cross bow,"

That's some Dungeons and Dragons type shit right there.

[exJW]

6. Heart warming!

[Mizmoon]

7. Maybe she had it coming.

Did she need killing?




(Yes, I'm kidding)

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. What is with all the family members killing family members lately?

I know it goes on all the time, but still...wow.

[Endangered Specie]

9. A regular William Tell he is not.