Arizona dad fatally stabbed by son over grocery payment, police say

An Arizona man was stabbed to dying following a dispute together with his son over paying for groceries. The incident came about through the early morning of Friday, April 1. 

Mesa police responded to a name from a involved witness who reported that the sufferer had but to return residence after going to fulfill his son on Thursday afternoon to take him grocery procuring, in response to courtroom paperwork obtained by AZ household. The paperwork additionally said that the suspect, recognized as Jason Todd Jeschor, 43, suffered from schizophrenia and had not taken his medicine. 

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When authorities arrived on the scene, police stated they found Jeschor with a knife on his waistband, which was rapidly confiscated. In accordance with courtroom paperwork, the suspect knowledgeable officers that his dad was not doing properly, earlier than admitting that he killed him.

Jeschor informed police that whereas he and his dad had been on the retailer, his card was declined and his dad refused to pay for the groceries for him, in response to the division. 

Jason then admitted, in response to courtroom paperwork, that when the 2 returned to the condo, he stabbed his father with home made “spear-like object,” along with stabbing him within the neck with a switchblade knife – the one taken from him when police arrived. Jeschor later cleaned the sufferer’s blood from the ground and moved his physique. 

In accordance with courtroom paperwork, Jeschor believes that the homicide was justified and he didn’t really feel any regret.

He now faces one rely of second-degree homicide and one other rely for tampering with proof. His bail is about at $1 million.