Mom Fatally Stabs Teen Son ‘For Righteousness,’ – An Arkansas woman reportedly stabbed her 16-year-old son to death on Sunday, and allegedly called police to her home while detailing the crime.
According to KNWA, Rebecca Henley, 44, told a 911 dispatcher that she “just woke up and stabbed her son” at their Mountain Home residence. Responding officers reportedly found the victim with a stab wound to the chest before he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Mom Fatally Stabs Teen Son ‘For Righteousness,’ Calls Cops to Scene: Report
Henley allegedly told police officers that she “had to kill him for righteousness, to save everybody.”
Henley was charged with first-degree murder. She remains jailed on a $500,000 bond.
An investigation is ongoing. Police have declined to disclose various details regarding Sunday’s deadly incident, including the victim’s name.
