Robert Barnes Murdered, Dismembered Mother; Kept Body in Garage

Robert Andrew Barnes

Laws enforcement authorities in Texas arrested a 36-year-old man who allegedly admitted to murdering his mother, dismembering her corpse, and storing the stays in a crate saved inside his storage. In step with a report from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Robert Andrew Barnes was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with murder and tampering with a corpse in reference to the demise of Lucila Barnes, 72.

In step with the report, relations allegedly instructed sheriff’s deputies that that they’d not heard from the sufferer for a lot of days no matter a lot of makes an try to get involved collectively together with her. The family talked about that when they did attempt to go to the sufferer’s home, the defendant approached them wielding a shotgun and allegedly pointed the firearm at relations.

Deputies on Oct. 20 had been then dispatched to hold out a welfare take a look at of their very personal at Lucila’s home at 11127 Cactus Degree Courtroom.  They subsequently arrived at roughly 9:00 p.m. and encountered an “uncooperative” Robert Barnes, the sheriff’s office talked about.

Barnes “actually brandished a firearm outside the residence and was not cooperative with investigators as soon as they first arrived on scene,” Sgt. Jason Brown talked about in a press briefing streamed by Houston CBS affiliate KHOU.  Brown talked about that Robert “wouldn’t let anybody else inside the house,” along with deputies.

After Robert gave the authorities “a lot of conflicting tales” about his mother’s whereabouts, authorities obtained a search warrant for the home. They returned on Thursday to execute the warrant.  After they entered the residence, they discovered “a substantial quantity of blood.” Homicide and Crime Scene Gadgets had been then known as to the scene.

All through a search of the home, a “huge wooden crate was discovered throughout the storage,” polices talked about. Upon opening the crate, investigators made a grisly discovery, as a result of it contained Lucila’s dismembered physique.

In step with Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Lucila’s physique confirmed indicators of trauma. He described the matter as a “sad and horrific case.”

Barnes allegedly admitted to fatally capturing and dismembering his mother in an interview with police following his arrest, the sheriff’s office talked about.

Displaying sooner than a magistrate select on Friday for a doable set off listening to, new particulars in regards to the horrific crime had been unveiled. Prosecutors reportedly alleged that Robert had made the sector to retailer his mother’s dismembered stays a month earlier.

Robert “confessed that he shot his mother a lot of events and mutilated her physique to go well with into this discipline,” a magistrate select reportedly talked about sooner than issuing a ruling on Robert’s bond request.  He talked about it moreover “did stand out” that when the sufferer’s “sister went to check on her, he [Robert] obtained right here out with an AK rifle and instructed them to go away,” the magistrate select reportedly continued.

The defendant allegedly instructed his family that he had taken his mother to the airport.  When officers requested which airport his mother had used, the defendant couldn’t say what airport he had visited.

The defendant’s lawyer, a public defender, requested a select to set a low bond for Robert by emphasizing that the defendant had an 8-year-old son and no money throughout the monetary establishment. The magistrate in the long run set Robert’s bond at $650,000.

The defendant is at current being held on the Harris County Jail. His is scheduled to formally appear sooner than a select on Monday for arraignment.

[image via Harris County Sheriff’s Office]

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