A deranged son beat his adoring nurse mom to loss of life of their model new Florida residence and went on a hit-and-run rampage lined in her blood — only a week after she bailed him out of jail, officers mentioned.
Gibson Nash, 21, allegedly strangled and beat his mom, Margaret Dufour, to loss of life of their residence in Eagle Creek, the place she had moved in a “last-ditch effort” to assist her mentally in poor health son get higher care, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd introduced in a press convention on Wednesday.
“It’s one of the crucial personally violent murders we’ve seen in a really very long time,” Judd advised reporters.
Nash, who suffers from bipolar dysfunction and schizophrenia, allegedly strangled Dufour, 56, and “stomped her right into a bloody puddle in the midst of the ground,” on July twenty first, in keeping with the sheriff.
Deputies uncovered the disturbing scene after responding to a few hit-and-run crashes that morning, through which Nash stole his mom’s 2022 BMW, police mentioned.
Nash rammed into a number of vehicles and refused to cease, then bought into one final accident by dashing over the middle line and colliding with one other car.
Emergency responders introduced Nash to the hospital, however had been suspicious after they noticed that his fingers and footwear had been lined in blood regardless of the crash not involving accidents that may trigger him to bleed, Judd mentioned.
Docs on the hospital realized that Nash had tried to overdose on Tylenol and was experiencing liver failure.
After discovering the automobile was registered to Dufour — a registered nurse who simply landed a brand new job at a neighborhood hospital — police arrived at her residence within the afternoon and found her lifeless in her residence workplace.
Investigators then uncovered a number of disturbing particulars in regards to the mother-son relationship, together with that Dufour had simply pushed to Knoxville, Tenn., to bail Nash out of jail on July 14.
The son allegedly threatened her with a knife over not letting him play Xbox in late April, police mentioned.
Simply weeks earlier than, on April 6, Dufour known as 911 after locking herself in a smoke store lavatory to inform police in Knoxville that Nash had threatened her with a knife and assaulted her.
Prices towards Nash for the alleged vile threats had been dropped in Knoxville, in keeping with the sheriff.
Dufour moved to Eagle Creek within the month earlier than her brutal loss of life to attempt to get Nash higher psychological well being care, Judd mentioned.
“She had a brand new home. She had a brand new job. She was an exquisite woman. She was an amazing mom. She wouldn’t surrender on him even after he threatened to kill her and pulled knives on her and hit her and attacked her,” Judd mentioned on the press convention.
Polk County authorities had not too long ago been to the house to settle a dispute with a shifting firm that attempted to upcharge the hardworking mom and really “helped her transfer the containers” into her brand-new Sunshine State property, Judd recalled.
The blood discovered throughout Nash later got here again as a DNA match for Dufour, and the alleged killer son was lined in bruises from the sheer power of beating his mom, cops mentioned.
Gibson was extubated on Monday after his liver confirmed indicators of enchancment, and charged with first-degree homicide in Dufour’s loss of life, WFLA reported.
He’s in custody within the hospital and will likely be transferred to Polk County Jail after his launch.
