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Two Texas teenagers are facing capital murder charges Thursday
after allegedly killing one of their mothers by beating her with
a baseball bat and slitting her throat – all because she
witnessed them burglarizing her home.

Matthew Dempsey confessed to murdering his mother, Mary Helen
Dempsey, 53, inside her San Antonio home around early Tuesday
morning, with the help of his friend Daniel Saucedo, according
to an arrest affidavit obtained by the San Antonio Express-News.
Both are now being held in Bexar County Jail on $1 million bails.

Investigators say Saucedo and Dempsey – who was armed with a gun
– entered the property with a key and started "gathering items
they were going to take from the home."

But when the mother returned home, walked in and turned on the
lights, Dempsey, they say, started bludgeoning her from behind
with a baseball bat, with Saucedo joining in the attack shortly
thereafter.

Dempsey, according to the San Antonio Express-News, also told
authorities he grabbed a knife from the kitchen and slit his
mother’s throat. The 18-year-olds then wrapped her body in duct
tape and covered her with a blanket, according to the affidavit.

After rifling through her wallet, the pair loaded the stolen
items into her car and took money out of her bank account at an
ATM, the newspaper added.

Mary Helen Dempsey’s daughter noticed later that day that her
mother didn’t show up for work and went to the house, only to
find it “ransacked” with her car missing, the affidavit said.
Inside the home, she discovered a blanket surrounded by a pool
of blood, laid over her mother’s body, and called 911.

Mary Helen Dempsey was pronounced dead at the scene and police
eventually tracked down and arrested Dempsey and Saucedo. A
trash bag containing bloody clothes reportedly was found by
officers at the former’s mobile home.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-teen-beats-mom-with-bad-slits- her-through-with-friends-help-police-say

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