Son killed his 60-year-old mother by strangling her to death because he was disgusted with her'sleeping around'.

 

A man from Illinois was found guilty of strangling his 60-year-old mother with a bungee cord in their shared home because he was fed up with her sleeping around.

Neil Howard, 46, was sitting alone at the family’s house in Troy when his mother Norma Caraker returned home from a date, back on Sept. 13, 2023, according to Law and Crime.

According to the report, Howard, who was drunk, wrapped a bungee cord around his mother's neck and strangled her to death, as per Assistant State's Attorney Luke Yager.

This defendant was fed up with his mother. He was fed up with her sleeping around. He’d had enough of her not giving him money,” Yager levied in Madison County court.

At approximately 1:30 a.m. that night, Howard called police and informed the dispatcher that he was concerned about his mother's unresponsiveness.

When Troy Police officers arrived, they found Caraker in her bed with a bungee cord still attached to her neck. Despite attempts to revive the 60-year-old, she was declared dead at the scene.

Howard, visibly drunk, told investigators at the time that he had seen an unknown man run out of a sliding glass door in the home just before finding his mother, according to the Bellevue News-Democrat.

According to the investigators, the door in question was locked from the inside. At the scene, Howard was arrested.

Howard was found guilty of first-degree murder charges on Feb. 11 and could face a maximum of 60 years in prison.

According to Law and Crime reports, the defense is planning to appeal the verdict due to the Troy Police Department's sloppy crime scene investigation.

The Edwardsville Intelligencer reported that Howard, who was convicted of killing his mother, was once questioned about his father's murder.

According to the outlet, Howard was suspected of the murder of George Howard Jr., the father of the accused in Dallas County, Texas in 2005.

Neil Howard was detained by Mesquite Police in relation to George Howard's demise at his residence. He was released when prosecutors were unable to convince a grand jury that the 26-year-old should face trial.