"I Did Something Bad," NY Teen Confesses to Beheading Mom's BF| Crime Alert 6PM 10.07.2025

A New York teen is cuffed by after confessing to his little sister that he decapitated their mom's boyfriend; police found the 45yo disabled victim's mutilated corpse in a bathtub. 

A Colorado mom butchers her own mother, then she tries to muzzle her kid from talking about the crime to cops. Plus, wrong house, right hook! Jennifer Gould reports. 

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Episode Transcript

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Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.
A New York City sanitation worker, was savagely decapitated inside
his West Brighton home, allegedly butchered by his girlfriend's nineteen
year old son in a blood drenched bathtub massacre that
has horrified Staten Island. Police responded to the chilling nine

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one one call at the one hundred block of Henrietta
Avenue and found the forty five year old victim with
his head severed and body mutilated. This neighbor spoke to
ABC seven New York to quot the head of a
person you know that's even to anima. You don't do that.
The gruesome scene was first encountered by this suspect's younger sister,

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who returned home from school to find her brother saturated
in the victim's gore. The disturbed teen reportedly coldly told
her quote, I did something bad. Go to your room.
End quote, before the girl navigated a trail of bloody
footprints leading to the upstairs bathroom. There, she found her

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mom's partner in the tub with a knife still launched
in his neck, prompting her desperate call for help. When
police arrived at the Kerry Avenue home. The nineteen year
old suspect, who remains unidentified, emerged with his hands raised
and was immediately taken into custody. While he possesses no

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prior criminal history, the teen does have a documented long
standing battle with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia and self
harm incidents dating back to twenty twenty two. The family
also had a known history of domestic incident reports. The
slain man, a DSNY worker who leaves behind two children

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from a previous relationship, was reportedly nearing retirement, but had
recently been forced onto disability due to severe vision loss.
Close friends mournfully attested that this diminished capacity likely rendered
him a vulnerable target for the ferocious assault. Friends described
the victim as a generous, easygoing man who quote did

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anything for anybody end quote, while noting the suspect was
quote sweet as pie end quote, but constantly struggled with
unmanaged mental health issues. The suspect was transported to a
local hospital for psychiatric evaluation. He is expected to face
charges including second degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

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The full ghastly scope of the domestic tragedy, especially the
motive remains under active investigation by the NYPD, More Prime
and Justice News after this. In a horrifying act of
familial carnage, thirty seven year old Sarah Wrist allegedly plunged

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a knife into her mom, sixty four year old Kathy Johnson,
while inside their shared Westminster, Colorado home. Then she tried
to conceal the gruesome crime by covering the body up
with blankets. Westminster Police responded to a vague nine to
one to one call around two pm at the thirty
three hundred block of West ninety second Place. Officers arrived

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to find Wrist and a small child sitting calmly on
the front steps. Wrist, whose clothing was stained with blood,
initially dismissed the violence as a mere accident and granted
officers entry. The facade, though shattered immediately. Blood spatter marred
the walls and floors, leading detectives to Johnson's lifeless body,

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which was hastily stacked under bedding at the end of
the hallway. Paramedics confirmed the retiree had died from severe
sharp force trauma, consistent with multiple stab wounds. Right was
observed shouting at the child knife not to speak before
she was taken for questioning. At the station, she broke down,

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claiming the fatal confrontation stemmed from years of emotional abuse
that culminated in a sudden physical argument. She admitted to
retrieving a kitchen knife and striking Johnson repeatedly. However, her
shifting account and inconsistent timeline immediately raised red flags for detectives.

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The most damning evidence that came from the innocent young witness,
who was later interviewed by child welfare specialists. The child's
heartbreaking statement was captured in the affidavit. It stated, quote
Mom stabbed grandma. Mom is going to jail, Grandma is dead,
and now I don't have anyone end quote. Rist has
been formally charged with first degree murder and booked into

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the Adams County Detention Facility, where bail was denied. The
child has been placed in the protective care of Child
Protective Services and Finally, Wrong House, Right Hook. One, Florida
man's late night bender ended with a brutal, uninvited sparring session.
Austin Karrasani, thirty one, allegedly stumbled into the wrong House

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and Wilton Manors, thinking he was visiting a buddy. Unfortunately
for Austin, he crashed the pad of aspiring MMA fighter
Henry Rojas, who was absolutely prepared to defend his turf
and his nephew. Rojas spoke to WFR CBS four News
because I don't lie you guys. I've been looking for

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a night for nothing, only God and on my hands.
That's it. Talk about grappling with the wrong guy. The
booking photo of Austin's smashed up face is the receipt
for his poor navigation. Charged with home invasion and facing
a steep twenty thousand dollars bond. This was one fight
where Austin definitely had to tap out, and not just

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because he was intoxicated. That's a knockout decision if I
ever heard one. For the latest Crime and Justice News
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app with this crime Alert, I'm Jennifer Goold.