Surveillance Camera Captures Texas Teen Beating His Mother To Death

A 15-year-old Texas boy has been arrested for beating his mother to death after the crime was captured in the surveillance video at their family home, the police said.

Stacey Ellen Barney, 50, was beaten to death by her son who has not been named due to his age. The incident happened around 2 a.m. EST on Sunday at their family home on Donelson Drive in McKinney, Texas.

According to a news release posted by McKinney police on Twitter, the suspect's father called 911 to report the attack. The police found Barney dead inside their home when they responded to the emergency call. The teen was not at the scene when the authorities arrived.

The police reviewed the surveillance footage at the home and said the video had captured the suspect beating Barney to death, reported the New York Post.

The boy was arrested after a search was conducted in the neighborhood, reported local news outlet Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He was charged with murder for the brutal attack against his mother.

The police have not revealed the motive behind the murder and have not released further information about the attack.

McKinney police said the investigation into the case is underway. "Our hearts go out to the victim's family during this extremely difficult time," the police said in the release.

In a similar incident in December 2020, a 17-year-old girl admitted to having her parents murdered at their home in Oklahoma so she could be with her boyfriend. Her 15-year-old boyfriend beat her mother to death with a baseball bat and slashed her throat. He also murdered her father the next day by beating him to death when he returned home, reported news outlet Examiner-Enterprise. The two asked for the help of an 18-year-old friend in both murders.

In a study conducted on teenage males committing murders in the U.S., it was found that teenagers of both sexes between the ages of 14 and 17 commit 6.1% of the nation's homicide. It also revealed that teenage boys, who constitute only 3.3% of the population, commit 5.6% of the homicides.