TEXAS CITY, Texas (TCN) — A 30-year-old man is in custody after allegedly killing his mother and walking into a fast-food restaurant with visible injuries and blood all over his body.
On the evening of Oct. 9, the Texas City Police Department responded to a Wendy’s on Palmer Highway, where they made contact with Johnathan Taylor, who had apparent stab wounds to his arms. According to KRIV-TV, Taylor was covered in blood, and he told police he had been robbed.
Taylor later admitted to officers that he attacked his mother at his home on Tarpey Avenue. Police subsequently performed a welfare check on Taylor’s mother, 68-year-old Regina McIntyre, and found her on the kitchen floor with numerous stab wounds. Both Taylor and McIntyre were transported to a hospital. McIntyre later succumbed to her injuries.
Following medical treatment, Taylor was booked into the Galveston County Jail on a charge of murder. He remains held on $500,000 bond.
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