These Moms Were Murdered By Their Own Kids

During Mother's Day in May 2017, 36-year-old Joshua Lee Webb killed his mother, 59-year-old Tina Marie Webb in their home in Colton, Oregon. He also killed the dog his parents had just gotten him. Moments after Webb killed his mother, he showed up at a small local grocery store with his mom's decapitated head in one hand and a large kitchen knife in the other. Webb then proceeded to stab one of the store employees before being subdued by other employees, who tied him up with duct tape. The police were called to the store and Webb was subsequently arrested. It is still unclear what Webb's motive was for the violent attack.

Webb has pleaded not guilty to the crimes of murder, attempted murder, first-degree abuse of a corpse and first-degree aggravated animal abuse. His trial date is set for June 2018. 

In September 2017,  19-year-old Andrew Wilson made a call to the police early one morning. Wilson explained that he had just arrived home and found his mother, 51-year-old Lisa Wilson, dead in their Williamston, Michigan home. Police arrived and discovered the mother had been shot once in the back of the head. The investigators quickly realized that no one had been in the home besides Wilson and his mother. It didn't take long before Wilson confessed that he was responsible for the death of his mom and that the reason behind the killing was because she wouldn't allow him to keep a puppy.

Wilson had brought the dog home several weeks ago but had been informed that it could not stay. Later, as Lisa Wilson slept, her son shot her with a .22 Magnum rifle. Wilson then took a drive to a desolate area and got rid of the gun.

Police were able to locate the firearm after Wilson's arrest. The boy murderer is being charged with one count of murder and felony firearm possession. His trial is still pending. 

In March 2012, 16-year old Kit Darrant strangled his mother and stabbed her over 100 times with a butcher knife after the two got into an argument over him coming home late. 35-year old Renette Emile was then covered in sheets and blankets and left in the North Miami Florida apartment for over a week. During that time, Darrant even had a party in his home, with party goers wondering what the horrible smell was in the vicinity, despite Darrant periodically sprinkling laundry detergent on the corpse. Eventually, Emile’s sister became suspicious after not being able to get a hold of Emile and discovered the body in the apartment. Darrant pleaded guilty to the crime and was sentenced to 28 years in prison.

In October 2007, 16-year-old Daniel Petric had gotten into a dispute with his parents in their Wellington, Ohio home. Parents Mark and Susan Petric were against Daniel playing violent video games. They told their son that if they found the games in the house, they would destroy them. The teen enjoyed playing games like Halo 3, though, and would usually just go to a friend’s house to get away with a night of gaming. One evening, Daniel managed to sneak the game home but his mother discovered him, told her husband about it, and they confiscated it, locking it in a safe.

A week later, Daniel got into the safe, taking his game along with his father’s handgun. He then proceeded to shoot and kill his mother and shoot and injure his father. During the trial, father Mark, who survived the attack, asked the judge to be lenient with his son.

Petric received a sentence of 23 years in prison for his crimes. The defense explained the small sentence was due to the teen's age and his addiction to the video game. 

In September 2017, 51-year-old Lisa Marie Caplan got into an argument with her mother, 71-year-old Sandra Marie Barndt. Caplan went upstairs in the home the two shared together in Palmerton, Pennsylvania and retrieved a crossbow. She then shot her mother in the back of the neck with the crossbow and put a blanket over her. Later, Caplan would text her boyfriend and inform him of the murder. Days went by and the family eventually became concerned when they had not heard from Barndt, so they called the police.

Once police arrived, they found Barndt’s corpse with the arrow still protruding from her boddy. Caplan was arrested and her trial is pending.

No one knows precisely what occurred the night 19-year-old Moises Meraz-Espinoza decided to kill his mother, Amelia Espinoza. Neighbors have disclosed that the mother and son often fought, mostly about Meraz-Espinoza staying out all night. What is known is that, in February 2011, the teen strangled his mother to death. Afterwards, he stabbed her and cut her body into pieces. An expert in rituals spoke at length during the trial stating,

"In this case the body was dismembered, flayed, filleted, eviscerated, decapitated, and desanguinated, and the skin from the face, scalp, and head was removed in one piece. The teeth, fingers, toes, and eyes were removed, and several internal organs were absent. This is really the very definition of a ritual killing." 

In addition to the expert testimony, it was also noted that satanic imagery was found throughout the apartment and that Meraz-Espinoza kept his mother’s skull and bones inside his backpack, which was covered in pentagrams. The rest of her chopped-up body was stored in the apartment's freezer.

Days after dismembering his mother, Moises Meraz-Espinoza went to the police station and calmly confessed to matricide. A judge sentenced him to 25-years to life in prison, noting that it was the most disgusting and vulgar case he had ever seen.