Lady Makes Horrific Discovery Whereas Confronting ‘Very Sweaty’ Parolee Son: ‘What Have You Accomplished?!’

Richard Tanner Ozment, 36, faces first-degree homicide costs within the dying of Michaela Brooker, who died after an altercation on September 21 in China Spring. Per the McLennan County Sheriff’s Workplace, a concrete block and machete have been utilized in assault; the sufferer died after being flown to the hospital.

In accordance with the prison criticism within the case, through KCEN, it was Ozment’s mother and father who referred to as the cops on him, after his mom discovered him exterior the house “very sweaty” final Saturday morning. After he allegedly blocked her path when she tried strolling previous him, she observed “a human foot mendacity on the bottom behind an RV on the property.” Per the sheriff, the sufferer’s foot wasn’t severed within the assault, however may apparently be seen behind her son.

His mom then reportedly exclaimed, “What have you ever completed?!” earlier than he allegedly mentioned Brooker “tried to stab me.” The person’s mom then ran again into her residence, the place she “barricaded herself” till first responders arrived after her husband referred to as 9-1-1.

Whereas Brooker was handled on the scene and brought to a hospital, she died of her accidents.

Ozment, in the meantime, allegedly fled the scene, sparking what authorities referred to as an “exhaustive manhunt” to seek out him. He would not be situated till 10 hours later, allegedly hiding in a inventory tank that was underwater only a couple hundred yards from the crime scene.

“This is without doubt one of the most horrific, horrible, brutal, mindless assaults that now we have seen in a very long time,” mentioned McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara at a press convention (above), noting the crime “by no means ought to have occurred.”

The sheriff additionally revealed Ozment was lately launched on parole, after serving simply 10 years of a 40-year sentence for housebreaking. He additionally has a sexual assault cost on his prison report, from when he was a juvenile, mentioned the sheriff.

“He by no means ought to’ve gotten out and he did,” McNamara continued. “Anytime you see any person paroled out early like this they usually commit this sort of crime, it is mindless. It did not should occur. And that is so brutal, you’ll be able to solely think about what this girl went by with this assault.”

He mentioned the suspect and sufferer did know one another, however had no different specifics about their relationship, why Brooker was on the residence or a doable motive for the assault.

Ozment has not but entered a plea in his case and stays behind bars at McLennan County Jail on $1 million bond.