Illegal Immigrant Teen Arrested for Allegedly Beheading His Mother
Illegal Immigrant Teen Arrested for Allegedly Beheading His Mother
http://media.breitbart.com/media/201...liverfunez.jpgFranklin County
by JOHN BINDER
7 Mar 2017
Franklin County, NC
An illegal immigrant has been charged with first degree murder after allegedly beheading his mother with a butcher knife.
Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machada, 18, has been confirmed to Breitbart Texas by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency as an illegal immigrant living in North Carolina from Honduras.
“ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) has issued a detainer for Oliver Funes-Machado, an unlawfully present Honduran national, following his arrest March 6 on local charges in Franklin County, North Carolina,” ICE Communications Director Bryan Cox told Breitbart Texas.
Funes-Machada allegedly killed 35-year-old Yesenia Funes Beatriz Machada by severing her head, and then allegedly carrying her head in his hands, along with a butcher knife, down the street, according to the Charlotte Observer.
“When they arrived, he was with the decapitation in his hand and it was a gruesome scene,” Sheriff Kent Winstead told the media at the time.
“It was a gruesome scene… I can’t tell you how many wounds,” Winstead said.
Funes-Machada is allegedly the oldest sibling of his family, with two minor children at the home at the time of the alleged beheading, though authorities said they were unharmed. Another sibling was at school at the time of the alleged attack.
Funes-Machada is currently being held at the Franklin County Detention Center without bond, and ICE’s Bryan Cox said the agency has requested that the illegal immigrant be turned over to federal authorities, should he be released for any reason.
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Teen said he beheaded his mother ‘because I felt like it;’ ICE says he was in the US
March 8, 2017
BY CHRIS CIOFFI
ZEBULON
A teen accused of beheading his mother in Franklin County was in the country illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has moved to deport him if he is ever released from jail.
Oliver Funes-Machado, 18, was arrested at the family home on Morgan Drive, off Carlyle Road northeast of Zebulon, on Monday and charged with first-degree murder.
Franklin County Sheriff Kent Winstead told reporters that Funes-Machado called 911 to report the killing and stayed on the phone until deputies arrived. When a deputy got to the home, Winstead said, Funes-Machado walked out of the house holding the head of his mother, Yesenia Funes Beatriz Machado, 35, in one hand and what appeared to be a large butcher knife in the other.
In an application for a warrant to search the house, Detective A.R. Roberts of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office wrote that Funes-Machado told dispatchers that “he stabbed her ‘like 8 times’ and left the knife in her mouth.” Roberts wrote that Funes-Machado told dispatchers that he had killed his mother “because I felt like it,” and told dispatchers that his 4-year-old sister and 2-year-old brother were in the home at the time.
After Funes-Machado was arrested without incident, deputies secured the home and waited for the search warrant to further investigate. The search yielded bloody clothing and shoe prints; a large, blood-covered kitchen knife; and medication used to treat psychosis and schizophrenia that investigators say they think belonged to Funes-Machado, according to the warrant.
Funes-Machado’s public defender, Louisburg attorney C. Boyd Sturges III, said in a phone interview with the Associated Press that he spoke with the teen for an hour in the Franklin County jail.
“It does appear there’s some substantial mental health issues involved in this case,” Sturges said. “I’m not a doctor, so I can’t really elaborate. He’s a pretty profoundly disturbed young man in a mental health kind of way.”
No motive for the killing has been determined, and deputies will continue investigating and conducting interviews, said Ninth District Attorney Michael Waters. Funes-Machado is being held at Central Prison in Raleigh and is scheduled to appear for a probable cause hearing March 14, Waters said
The teen’s name, originally reported as Funez, appears as Funes-Machado on federal documents. He is from Honduras and was living in the United States illegally, ICE spokesman Bryan Cox said Wednesday.
The federal agency filed what’s called a detainer for Funes-Machado. A detainer does not infringe on criminal charges or proceedings against Funes-Machado, but requires law enforcement to notify ICE if he is being released, so he can be put in the agency’s custody, Cox said.
Cox said he did not know the immigration status of the other members of Funes-Machado’s family but said they are not in ICE custody.
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Teen charged with beheading his mother won’t face death penalty
May 23, 2017
BY CHRIS CIOFFI
The teen accused of beheading his mother in Franklin County will not face the death penalty, prosecutors say.
Oliver Funes-Machado, 18, was arrested in March at the family home on Morgan Drive, off Carlyle Road northeast of Zebulon and charged with first-degree murder. The charge carries the possibility of death, but on Tuesday Ninth District Attorney Michael Waters said his office will not be seeking capital punishment.
“We like to make a decision as early as practical whether to proceed as a capital case or not,” Waters said.
Franklin County Sheriff Kent Winstead told reporters in March that Funes-Machado called 911 to report the killing and stayed on the phone until deputies arrived.
When a deputy got to the home, Winstead said, Funes-Machado walked out of the house holding the head of his mother, Yesenia Funes Beatriz Machado, 35, in one hand and what appeared to be a large butcher knife in the other.
In an application for a warrant to search the house, Detective A.R. Roberts of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office wrote that Funes-Machado told dispatchers that “he stabbed her ‘like 8 times’ and left the knife in her mouth.”
Roberts wrote that Funes-Machado told dispatchers that he had killed his mother “because I felt like it,” and told dispatchers that his 4-year-old sister and 2-year-old brother were in the home at the time.
After Funes-Machado was arrested without incident, deputies got a search warrant, and found bloody clothing and shoe prints; a large, blood-covered kitchen knife; and medication used to treat psychosis and schizophrenia. Investigators say they think the prescriptions belonged to Funes-Machado, according to the warrant.
Waters said that Funes-Machado’s mental health was the most significant contributing factor in the decision to not seek the death penalty.
“It did not seem appropriate in light of our concerns about his mental health at the time this crime was committed,” Waters said.
Funes-Machado is being held at Central Prison in Raleigh.
Both the state and defense attorneys will have Funes-Machado’s mental health evaluated, Waters said. The evaluations have not taken place, and will take several months to complete.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox said that Funes-Machado is from Honduras and was living in the United States illegally when he was arrested.
The federal agency filed what’s called a detainer for Funes-Machado. A detainer does not infringe on criminal charges or proceedings against Funes-Machado, but requires law enforcement to notify ICE if he is being released so he can be put in the agency’s custody, Cox said.
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