01-02-2014, 03:42 PM
Father kills son with ax
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Gary Sherrill, 51, charged with 1st degree murder
Sherrill and his ex-wife shared custody of their 13-year-old son, David Sherrill.
Witnesses contend that mother and father had a tumultuous relationship and that David was caught in the middle.
One of his neighbors told reporters that Gary Sherrill had been acting odd recently and had been screaming at a tree (drugs or mental illness?).
When Sherrill didn't return the boy to his mother's home on New Year's Eve, she called Phoenix PD and they went to Gary Sherill's home to investigate. Sherrill initially told PD that the boy wasn't there, but eventually let police in the home where they found David dead, with multiple stab wounds and lacerations to his body.
Gary Sherrill reportedly confessed that he'd killed his son because he was afraid the boy was going to kill and eat him. Jesus.
RIP David Sherrill.
Gary Sherrill, 51, charged with 1st degree murder
Sherrill and his ex-wife shared custody of their 13-year-old son, David Sherrill.
Witnesses contend that mother and father had a tumultuous relationship and that David was caught in the middle.
One of his neighbors told reporters that Gary Sherrill had been acting odd recently and had been screaming at a tree (drugs or mental illness?).
When Sherrill didn't return the boy to his mother's home on New Year's Eve, she called Phoenix PD and they went to Gary Sherill's home to investigate. Sherrill initially told PD that the boy wasn't there, but eventually let police in the home where they found David dead, with multiple stab wounds and lacerations to his body.
Gary Sherrill reportedly confessed that he'd killed his son because he was afraid the boy was going to kill and eat him. Jesus.
RIP David Sherrill.