Clearwater Man Murders His Mother After Year-Long Plot: Police

Police arrested a central Florida man this past weekend who they said murdered his own mother after a year-long plot.

NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports Clearwater Police Department officers arrived at an apartment owned by 24-year-old Logan Lopez and found the dead body of his 53-year-old mother, Mary Beth.

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Police said Logan Lopez admitted to using a hammer to beat his mother before stabbing her multiple times, saying he lured his mother to the apartment after planning to "put an end to her."

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“You see the worst of people, but you don’t see this brutality very often,” Clearwater Police Major Natalia Illich-Hailey said.

Logan Lopez, who has no criminal history, was taken into custody under the Baker Act and charged with first-degree murder.