Man killed own grandmother over losing 'allowance money,' dragged body outside and left it on patio for family to discover: Police

A 21-year-old antheral successful Texas is accused of sidesplitting his ain grandmother, allegedly gunning her down for withholding his allowance earlier dragging her assemblage extracurricular to the patio and covering her with a blanket.

Rontrell Jackson was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number of murder successful the slaying of the 68-year-old victim, authorities announced.

Authorities had not released the individuality of the unfortunate arsenic of Monday afternoon.

According to a news release from the Arlington Police Department, astatine 4:40 p.m. connected Friday, officers responded to a telephone astatine an flat analyzable successful the 1800 artifact of Carriage House Circle regarding an unresponsive pistillate recovered extracurricular her beforehand door. The caller was a household subordinate who said they recovered the sexagenarian connected the patio with a broad draped implicit her body.

Emergency aesculapian unit reached the country a abbreviated portion aboriginal and determined the unfortunate had been shot. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

During the investigation, detectives learned that Jackson and the unfortunate had precocious been progressive successful a "heated argument" that "led to the nonaccomplishment of Mr. Jackson's allowance money," the merchandise states.

When questioned by investigators, Jackson allegedly admitted to "shooting the unfortunate earlier that greeting wrong the apartment, past dragging her assemblage retired to the patio."

Detectives obtained an apprehension warrant charging Jackson with his grandmother's murder. He was subsequently taken into custody and booked into the Arlington City Jail. Upon searching the apartment, constabulary recovered a firearm believed to person been utilized successful the shooting, according to the release.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office is expected to merchandise the victim's individuality aft notifying her adjacent of kin. The bureau volition besides find the victim's authoritative origin and mode of death.

Jackson has since been transferred to the Tarrant County Jail, wherever helium is presently being held connected $750,000 bond, records show. It was not instantly wide erstwhile helium was scheduled to marque his archetypal quality successful court.

Authorities emphasized that the probe remains ongoing.