A Missouri man is facing murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his father nearly 50 times and then went to the sheriff’s office Wednesday to confess that he “accidentally killed” his father. “.
Jeffrey Goede, 41, was arrested last week in the murder of 75-year-old Edward Goede after he walked into the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and told authorities about his alleged crime around 11:40 a.m.
“I made a mistake,” he said, according to a criminal complaint. Obtained by law and crime. “I have committed a crime, and I want to turn myself in.”
According to the complaint, she told investigators that her father was unconscious in the kitchen and bleeding from his face and back after attacking the elderly Goad with weapons and his hands.
Manchester City Police, in whose jurisdiction the crime was committed, were called by the Sheriff’s Office and arrived at the father’s home for a welfare check. Police entered the home through the basement window and found the victim dead and lying on the kitchen floor, having been stabbed multiple times.
After the discovery, detectives spoke with the murder suspect, who reportedly said he “knew he was not free to go because he accidentally killed someone,” according to police documents.
He declined to say anything further and then requested an attorney.
The following day, an autopsy revealed that Edward Goode suffered approximately 50 stab wounds, as well as broken bones, strangulation, and blunt force trauma to the head, authorities said.
A kitchen knife with a sharp tip was found in the kitchen trash, which law enforcement believes to be the murder weapon.
Goede faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action, The Leader publication reported. He is currently in custody without bond.
Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak told the outlet that Goede went to the sheriff’s office, not Manchester police because he trusts the countywide agency.
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