Dad kills son, 13, with an ax because he believed he was a demon and was going to eat him

A Phoenix man did the unthinkable – he hacked his 13-year-old son to death with an axe. Gary Sherrill, 51, told police he killed his son Tuesday because he ‘believed his son was a demon and was going to eat him,’ police said. The deranged man was arrested and charged with first degree murder for a killing that has shocked even veteran police. The horrific crime was discovered after the boy’s mother called police to check on the young boy after Mr Sherrill (her ex-husband) was late bringing him back from a visit and she was unable to reach them by phone. Phoenix police arrived at the unemployed man’s gritty apartment on the city’s north side and initially met resistance, a neighbor told ABC 15. The killer told officers the boy was not home, that he was a good guy, said Divina West, adding that he said he was a boy scout leader and that he wouldn’t hurt children. ‘But obviously he did,’ she lamented.

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