HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A person accused of murdering his mother and father of their Crosby-area residence confronted a decide on Monday after being arrested on Sunday, in accordance with jail data.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace says 47-year-old Christopher Leman Jr. allegedly killed his 75-year-old father and his 73-year-old mom on July 11.
Court docket paperwork say deputies went to the house to carry out a welfare verify known as in by Leman Jr.’s brother. Paperwork declare his brother mentioned he couldn’t come up with his mother and father for about two days, and that he was involved for his mother and father as a result of his brother had been residing with them and was “bipolar, extraordinarily hyper, and explosive.”
When deputies entered the house, authorities mentioned they discovered the our bodies of Christopher Leman Sr. and his spouse, Mary Leman, on the lounge ground with extreme accidents. Police allegedly additionally discovered a folding knife coated in blood close to the our bodies.
In line with the sheriff’s workplace, EMS pronounced Christopher lifeless on the scene, and Mary was airlifted to the hospital, the place she died two days later.
Deputies mentioned the identical day they discovered the our bodies, Leman Jr. was detained for a special incident at Academy Sporting Items. Court docket paperwork mentioned it was associated to a suspicious individual attempting to buy ammunition for a revolver.
As soon as he was detained, Leman Jr.’s U-Haul truck was towed into police custody. Inside, police mentioned they discovered a steel baseball bat.
The Medical Examiner’s Workplace decided each mother and father died from blunt pressure trauma, and his father additionally suffered stab wounds to the chest.
Primarily based on cellphone information, police mentioned Leman Jr. was current on the crime scene through the murders.
On Friday, he was charged with capital homicide of their deaths. The sheriff’s workplace known as him a “risk to the group.”
In a separate case, Leman Jr. was accused of harassing a girl and making intimidating and threatening telephone calls to her in July. It was related to the incident that unfolded at Academy Sporting Items.
In line with courtroom paperwork, Leman Jr. allegedly known as the lady and instructed her that he tried to buy ammunition, a gasoline canister, a cooler, and pepper spray.
The girl claimed he mentioned two teenagers punched him within the eye and that they had been sleeping, and it was “the proper time.” The girl contacted authorities, who then detained Leman Jr.
Every week later, courtroom data mentioned Leman Jr. made a threatening name to the identical lady from a psychological well being hospital.
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