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Inset: Joseph Alexander (Benton County Jail). Background: Home successful Bentonville, Arkansas, wherever Alexander allegedly changeable his ma with a crossbow (Google Maps).
An Arkansas antheral allegedly broke into his parents’ location and changeable his parent successful the look with a bow and arrow aft an statement astir a feline and past forced them to springiness him wealth earlier stealing his father’s truck.
Joseph Alexander, 29, is facing a slew of charges, including attempted superior murder, residential burglary and home battery. After stealing his dad’s car, Alexander allegedly led cops successful Missouri connected a pursuit earlier helium crashed and was arrested.
The Bentonville Police Department started investigating astir 8 a.m. connected March 24 erstwhile calls came successful astir a woman, aboriginal identified arsenic Alexander’s mother, with “multiple arrows protruding from her look and head.” Paramedics rushed her to the hospital.
Detectives interviewed the parent from her infirmary bed. She said she heard the feline meowing astatine her chamber doorway astir 6:45 a.m. connected the time successful question.
As she opened the doorway to fto the feline out, she “felt similar her receptor drum had popped and saw blue,” the affidavit said. She laid down connected the floor.
“When I did, I got popped 2 much times; it was an arrow sticking retired of my head,” she reportedly told cops.
She screamed and her hubby came retired to spot what happened. She allegedly heard her lad archer her husband, “I won’t termination you due to the fact that that volition beryllium a treble homicide.” Alexander past demanded money, she said. She reportedly told constabulary that she “played dead” arsenic her lad was yelling astatine her until her hubby and her lad went into the garage, per cops. After unsuccessfully searching for her phone, she grabbed her walker and went to her neighbor’s location for help.
Alexander’s begetter told cops helium was astir to instrumentality a ablution erstwhile helium heard his woman scream. He ran downstairs and saw his lad lasting implicit his woman holding a crossbow portion she laic connected the crushed with arrows coming retired of her head. The begetter fought with his lad to get him distant from his wife, and past tried to crushed with him.
The fishy allegedly said “Don’t interest astir it, Dad, she’s dead.”
Alexander past demanded wealth and his dada sent him $2,000 via Cash App, the largest magnitude possible, the affidavit said. He allegedly demanded much money, and helium sent himself different $1,400. The fishy wanted wealth from his parents’ slope account, but they couldn’t retrieve the passcode, cops wrote.
The dada gave his lad his recognition paper and keys to his motortruck and they walked to the garage. Alexander bolted successful his dad’s truck, the affidavit said.
According to the affidavit, the begetter recounted to cops however his lad a fewer days earlier the incidental came to their location and wanted money, saying thing on the lines of “you request to springiness maine what is mine, oregon other I’m going to person to spell to the adjacent level.” Concerned his lad whitethorn enactment connected the threat, the begetter made it a constituent to fastener each doors and windows, but seemingly forgot to fastener the model starring to Alexander’s country — which is however the fishy entered the home, cops say.
Inside the residence determination were evident signs of a struggle, including a way of humor done the surviving room. The begetter suffered aggregate bruises and scratches during the combat with his son, cops said.
Deputies with the Stone County Sheriff’s Office, immoderate 75 miles away, spotted the stolen motortruck and tried to propulsion it implicit but Alexander allegedly fled and aboriginal crashed. After Alexander was taken into custody, a paramedic reportedly asked him what happened. He allegedly claimed helium was astatine his parents’ location petting his feline erstwhile his ma said thing to it. He claimed helium grabbed a “toy crossbow” and changeable her, the affidavit said.
“It did not spell successful each the way, and she was conscionable laying determination screaming, truthful I pulled it backmost and did it again,” helium allegedly said.
After receiving his Miranda warnings, Alexander allegedly told Bentonville detectives helium walked from his location to his parents’ location and entered done his erstwhile chamber model aboriginal connected that morning, claiming helium did truthful due to the fact that helium did not privation to aftermath them. Detectives pressed him connected wherefore helium changeable her.
“I didn’t person a reason,” helium allegedly explained. “I conscionable mislaid my cool. I woke up, and I thought that she was similar going aft my feline for immoderate reason. I conscionable similar virtually conscionable stood up and mislaid my crap due to the fact that of my cat.”
Investigators were incredulous.
“You changeable your ma successful the caput 3 times due to the fact that of a cat?,” a detective asked.
“Ya, similar that is the champion process I recognize of what happened,” Alexander responded, per cops.
According to police, Alexander has been arrested 3 times since 2014 including for assault, fleeing and aggravated battle connected instrumentality enforcement.
He remains astatine the Benton County Jail.
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