Amityville was known to the general public for horror films inspired by a family massacre perpetrated in 1974. A bad remake just happened there Thursday: a man killed his father during a Zoom videoconference in front of twenty people.
It was past noon when Thomas Scully-Powers, 32, entered the room where his 72-year-old father was in front of the screen. He first beat him before going to fetch knives with which he hit him on the chest, back and neck, "almost beheading him," according to the prosecutor's press release, which quotes the autopsy report. . It was when he returned armed with knives that meeting participants called the emergency room.
Victim allegedly missing from camera frame
"This is a shocking and disturbing case," said local prosecutor Timothy Sini, quoted in a statement. "According to his own confession, the suspect brutally stabbed his father repeatedly, until he was certain that he was dead. The investigation into this horrific crime continues, but rest assured that justice will be done for the victim. "
What participants saw from this horror scene remains to be clarified. According to the local newspaper Newsday , the victim disappeared from the frame of the camera and they mostly heard his cries.
When the police arrived at the scene, the son, who lived with his father, fled by jumping out of the first floor window, according to the prosecutor. He took soda from a grocery store to try to cleanse the blood from his body, but was caught by the police a few blocks away.
No criminal record
Also according to the prosecutor, he admitted to the police that he had stabbed his father about fifteen times, and that he had used several knives because their blades were bending. Police found a bucket and broom in the bathroom, apparently used to try to clean up the scene, and a sheet stained with blood.
The son was formally charged Friday for murder and incarcerated, before a new hearing scheduled for May 26. The prosecutor did not specify what could be the reason for the crime. But according to the son, the father started the fight by trying to hurt his wrist, the Newsday reported .
Thomas Scully-Powers, who had a criminal record, faces up to 25 years in prison.
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