Son spent a 'full day' relaxing with his mom's corpse after killing her, sat with her body at dining table with glass of wine and pillowcases draped over her

Inset: Rosa Leyva. Background: Ronald Kirk successful an Oregon courtroom for his sentencing (KGW/YouTube).

An Oregon antheral is headed to situation aft sidesplitting his mother and spending "a afloat day" sitting with her corpse astatine their eating country table. When constabulary recovered them, a solid of vino and a laptop were reportedly successful beforehand of the ma and pillowcases were draped connected apical of her.

Ronald Kirk, 38, was sentenced to beingness successful situation this week for the murder of his 61-year-old mother, Rosa Leyva, successful November 2024. Leyva's niece spoke astatine the sentencing and told Kirk, "I anticipation you are 1 time forced to face the world of what you person done," according to section CBS affiliate KOIN.

The justice who sentenced Kirk gave him nary anticipation of parole for astatine slightest 25 years. He was besides ordered to wage $5,000 for ceremonial expenses.

A Clackamas County assemblage recovered Kirk blameworthy successful October. Testimony during his proceedings described him arsenic "volatile, unsafe and often drunk oregon precocious connected meth," according to KOIN. Prosecutors said Kirk changeable Leyva successful the caput aft she told him successful a substance message, "You request to leave," and told him she was evicting him.

"I don't privation anyone successful my house," Leyva told Kirk.

In the weeks starring up to her murder, Leyva allegedly told a adjacent person that Kirk thought she was possessed by a demon. He was allegedly "obsessed with exorcism and demonic possession" portion nether the power of drugs, according to the friend.

Evidence astatine Kirk's proceedings included a voicemail Kirk near for his son, explaining however helium thought Leyva was possessed and admitting helium astir changeable her successful the caput the time earlier she was killed, according to prosecutors.

Leyva was caught connected location surveillance video telling Kirk, "You're higher than a kite. Get immoderate help. Please," conscionable days earlier she was recovered dormant connected Nov. 26, 2024. Police were called to behaviour a payment cheque aft Leyva's co-workers became disquieted due to the fact that she did not amusement up for enactment oregon reply their calls.

Investigators aboriginal determined that Kirk had killed Leyva and past "sat determination with his mother's dormant assemblage for a afloat day" earlier officers showed up to behaviour the payment check. Kirk reportedly answered the doorway for them and told the cops his ma was wrong and had been unconscious for astir a day.

"You person forfeited the privilege of being portion of our lives," Leyva's niece told Kirk astatine his sentencing. "You are nary longer idiosyncratic we privation interaction with and there's nary spot for you successful our family's future."

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