Man beat mom with door shard

Victim alleges offender said, 'The Son of Sam told me to kill you.'

By Ken Kosky | Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:05 am

UNION TOWNSHIP | A Union Township man was arrested after he was accused of beating his mother Sunday with a piece of wood -- breaking her right arm and leaving her with cuts and swelling across her entire body.

Randall Duncan Jr., 22, who lives with his parents at 553 W. Division Road was arrested on a felony charge of battery with bodily injury.

Duncan's mother told police her son became angry because she was typing too loudly on the computer and he began breaking items in their home. She told police she became scared, so she locked herself in the bathroom.

She told police her son broke down the door and began beating her for several minutes with a 2-foot piece of wood from the door. She told police she begged for her son to stop beating her, but he continued and said, "The Son of Sam told me to kill you" and "voices in my head are telling me to end it all."

She told police her son also broke her home phone and cellular phone to prevent her from calling police. She said she pulled her son's hair to get him to stop, and her husband returned home to stop the attack.

Police said it appeared that the jagged-edged piece of wood used in the beating was also used to stab someone. Police said the victim, who was taken to a hospital for treatment, was found to have a deep cut on her leg that a doctor thought was caused by a knife.

Police said Duncan admitted fighting with his mother and said he wishes either he or his mother were dead.

Duncan faces up to eight years in prison if convicted.

This is Duncan's second arrest in about a month on battery charges. On Nov. 16, he was arrested on battery and interference with reporting a crime charges after he was accused of putting his mother in a choke hold and taking away her phone. Duncan allegedly told police he was Jesus during that arrest.

From: http://nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/article_5fd88808-4399-505f-b5fe-7420d4ddf6bc.html