Texas man arrested for fatal beating of mother during ‘exorcism’: police

A Fort Worth man is now in police custody after he beat his mother to death during an attempted “exorcism,” according to Fort Worth Police.

An arrest warrant affidavit says that Fort Worth Police responded to an anonymous caller’s 911 call. The caller claimed they received a photo on Snapchat of a woman on the ground covered in something red, possibly blood, according to Fox 4 in an affidavit. 

The caller gave the address of the person responsible for the photo and when police got there, 23-year-old Alexander Taylor Valdez answered the door holding a Bible.

A Forth Worth Police cruiser.  (Fort Worth Police)

Police allege that she was bludgeoned by Valdez with a “blunt force object.” 

A search warrant executed on the home turned up a possible murder weapon, a broken jewelry box with blood and human hair on it in the same room where Sayson was found, according to documents.

Valdez is being held on a $750,000 bond and faces a murder charge.