Son found guilty in hatchet slaying of his mother
BRANDON — A Brandon man has been found guilty of killing his 71-year-old mother with a hatchet in the fall of 2023 after his lawyers argued he should be held […]
A Brandon man, Gabriel Heymans, has been found guilty of killing his 71-year-old mother with a hatchet in 2023. The court heard that Heymans, who had not spoken to his mother for over a year, returned home from the grocery store to find his mother alive but severely injured with multiple chop wounds on her head and other cuts. Heymans claimed he believed an unknown attacker had entered the apartment and committed the act, but surveillance footage showed his mother to be alive at the time of the incident.
He chose not to call 911, and his lawyers argued that he should not be held criminally responsible. The judge will determine Heymans' sentencing at a later date.
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