A teenage boy accused of killing his Oklahoma mother bludgeoned her with a hammer so savagely that her head and face had been deformed within the assault, courtroom paperwork revealed.
Jordan Weems, 16, was charged with homicide after chillingly admitting to cops he ambushed and struck mom-of-five Spring Weems, 49, after which brutalized her with greater than a dozen blows after she fell, in accordance with prosectors.
Spring, who was Weems’ adoptive mother, was discovered Jan. 28 dumped in a rubbish can on the household’s $340,000 residence within the Oklahoma Metropolis suburb of Edmond.
Weems allegedly put her physique within the can earlier than rolling it to the curb.
Weems allegedly killed Spring 5 years after writing a gushing notice that mentioned how a lot he beloved her.
“Pricey mother, I like you since you are good, form and you’re very loving. That’s what I like about you,” the notice from 2021, which was signed Jordan Weems when he was 11, mentioned.
Prosecutors described a cold-blooded shock assault, which Weems plotted after making threats towards Spring days earlier.
“The details and proof present that this was not a criminal offense of ardour or an instantaneous determination,” prosecutors mentioned.
Courtroom docs added: “The proof exhibits huge harm to the face and head of the sufferer by a blunt object, deforming the top and face of the sufferer and inflicting her obvious demise.”
Highschool scholar Weems allegedly bludgeoned his adoptive mother to demise after she came across him unexpectedly within the kitchen of the household residence.
He’s additionally accused of fabricating proof and mendacity to the remainder of his household to cowl up the killing.
Simply in the future earlier than her physique was discovered, Weems allegedly instructed one sibling that she was serving to their older sister along with her new child — an try to deflect questions on why Spring hasn’t been seen, in accordance with docs.
The sister mentioned she had not seen Spring both.
Weems has been charged with first-degree homicide and faces life in jail if convicted.
