An 11 year old boy stabbed to death in his sleep at his father’s house in New Mexico, USA. A few meters away they found his mother, who lived in another house, with a stab wound. The striking thing about the case is that while Bruce was transferred to the hospital where he later died, he told his dad that his mom had attacked him.
The tragic episode occurred in the city of Hobbs. There Mr. Johnson heard screams during the night and ran to the room of his son Bruce. found him seriously injured and went to call 911. On the way he met Mary Johnsonhis wife with whom he was separated, unconscious and with deep wounds in the chest.
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When the doctors arrived they took both to the hospital. The woman managed to recover, but the child could not be stabilized. But in his last words, Bruce managed to reveal what had happened on that tragic morning.
“He was awake when he arrived at the hospital and told the investigator that His mother, Mary, was the one who stabbed him.”, reported the police. In turn, the authorities determined that the minor died at 4:19 in the morning as a result of the injuries caused by his mother.
The agents in charge of the case also discovered that the wounds the woman had had been self-inflicted, so an arrest warrant was issued against her for the murder of her son.
Mary Johnson is currently being charged with first degree murder while he is still recovering in the hospital.
Violence, harassment and complaints: the background of the alleged murderer
Once the crime was committed, the investigators questioned Bruce’s father and the man recounted the long history of violence and harassment he suffered with Mary Johnson. The man had denounced the woman for violence against the minor and planned to divorce in the near future. For that reason she had moved with her son to New Mexico.
“The investigation showed that the father moved to New Mexico with his son and left Mary because she was accused of abusing her son. He wanted a divorce because she abused him and was violent with the minor.police said.
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Ever since her husband and son had left home, Mary had been living in the city of Kingston, Oklahoma. A neighbor revealed that she had noticed strange behavior in women and added that the entire community had noticed.
In turn, Bruce’s father said that it had been 40 days since the last time the woman had seen her son. After begging him to come back, the man agreed to let Mary move in with them in New Mexico, to spend more time with family before the divorce was officially finalized.
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According to the Lea County Sheriff’s Office in New Mexico, never received any reports of abuse or neglect since the Johnsons moved to the statebut they were aware that at least two incidents were reported in Oklahoma.
According to Channel 12, in a strange post on her Facebook account last month, Mary made reference to “stab a partner’s heart… and then her.” It was a foretaste of what he was about to commit.