'She had to go': Man repeatedly stabbed his own mother to death with a knife and then called 911 on himself

A Texas antheral volition walk the adjacent respective decades down bars for the brutal murder of his ain mother with a weapon successful the location they shared.

On Thursday, Brian Keith Griffin, 37, pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of murder, according to Harrison County tribunal records.

In speedy fashion, the suspect was sentenced to 30 years successful situation by 71st Judicial District Judge Brad Morin implicit the November 2024 fatal stabbing of 55-year-old Tammy Bogue.

The underlying incidental occurred astatine the family's flat connected Norwood Street successful Marshall – a tiny metropolis successful acold East Texas which is located astir 40 miles owed westbound of Shreveport, Louisiana.

On Nov. 27, 2024, conscionable earlier 12:45 p.m., the suspect called 911 connected himself to study what helium had done, according to tribunal records obtained by The Marshall News Messenger.

Responding officers recovered Bogue connected the level suffering from aggregate weapon wounds. The unfortunate was pronounced dormant astatine the country of the crime, according to a press release issued by the Marshall Police Department. Her killer's culpability was seemingly ne'er successful doubt.

"During the custodial interview, Griffin admitted to stabbing his parent aggregate times intending to termination her," constabulary wrote successful a probable origin connection attached to the charging document.

During his sentencing hearing, Griffin said helium had repeatedly been treated for intelligence unwellness – erstwhile owed to a termination effort – but admitted helium was not insane connected the time of the murder. His defence lawyer noted helium was recovered competent to basal trial.

"It was going to beryllium a conflict of the experts," Harrison County District Attorney Reid McCain told the Messenger, explaining what would person apt occurred during a proceedings had the parties not agreed to a plea deal.

Had helium gone to trial, the suspect faced a imaginable condemnation of up to 99 years successful prison. The defendant, the state, and the surviving household agreed connected foregoing specified proceedings and a lesser sentence.

"I had a truly bully family," the authoritative told the newspaper. "They were casual to enactment with. I deliberation they emotion him, but besides cognize that helium needs to beryllium held accountable. So we had aggregate conversations, and they were good with the 30-to-40 (year) range."

One household member, however, seemed to cull the since-condemned man's communicative astir his intelligence wellness issues.

Bogue's sister reportedly said Griffin should person been taking his medicine if helium wanted to blasted the unit connected intelligence illness.

"This was not a tragedy," the slain woman's sister said. "It was a betrayal of spot to our family. She deserved to live, deserved to turn old…to emotion and beryllium loved. We not lone mislaid 1 household subordinate that day. We mislaid two. And similar you told (the investigators) 'She had to go.' Our last words to you, Brian: 'Now you person to go.'"