Caledonia homicide: teen accused of stabbing mom to death
Franksville homicide: teen criminally charged
Prosecutors have formally charged 15-year-old Reed Gelinskey with 1st-degree intentional homicide after his mom was found stabbed to death in their home on Tuesday, March 4.
CALEDONIA, Wis. - Prosecutors have formally charged 15-year-old Reed Gelinskey with 1st-degree intentional homicide after his mom was found stabbed to death in their home on Tuesday, March 4.
Incident details
What we know:
15-year-old Reed Gelinskey is the Caledonia teen charged in the killing of his mother.
Prosecutors say he told police he stabbed his mom five times -- after hitting her over the head with a dumbbell twice.
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Police were called to the home on East White Manor Court, after a friend reported Gelinskey Snapchatted a photo that showed a woman on her back with blood on the floor.
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Police say when they arrived, Gelinskey was leaving out the front door and dropped a knife, telling officers to kill him.
Prosecutors say Gelinskey admitted that when he got home from school he felt depressed and had an "urge to kill his parents."
He also said he was taking his brother's anxiety medication- and that night took nine pills.
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Prosecutors say Gelinskey was watching the "Menendez Brothers" documentary on Netflix and developed a plan to kill his parents after the shotgun scene.
Investigators say when his mom went upstairs, he hid a steak knife and dumbbell in his shirt and asked his mom's help finding his medicine.
That's when he told police he attacked her.
Gelinskey told police his mom asked him "Why?" -- and he said "Pain."
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Court
What we know:
Gelinskey was in adult court on Thursday, March 6 -- video conferencing in from the juvenile detention center.
"This was an extremely violent but planned offense. It’s dangerous in its nature. His original plan was not for just the one victim but for two," said Racine County District Attorney Patricia Hanson.
In court, an attorney being retained by Reed's father asked the court to allow him to communicate with the family. That was granted.
Reed Gelinskey (far right) with his attorney (left)
Gelinskey's bond was set for $1 million. He'll be back in court on Friday, March 7, for a review hearing.
Original reporting
The backstory:
Caledonia police took a 15-year-old boy into custody after his mom was found stabbed to death in their home on Tuesday, March 4.
Officers were dispatched to a home on White Manor Court near Morris Street around 10:30 p.m. It was initially reported that a boy had possibly killed his mother. As officers arrived at the scene, the 15-year-old boy exited the home and surrendered without incident.
Caledonia homicide: Woman found dead inside home; son arrested
Caledonia police took a 15-year-old boy into custody after his mom was found stabbed to death in their home on Tuesday, March 4.
Inside the home, police found the victim dead. A preliminary investigation indicated the victim was stabbed and sustained blunt force trauma.
The victim was identified as the mother of the teen who surrendered. However, her name has not been released.
FOX6 News saw officers at the home on Wednesday, along with many neighbors wondering how this happened on what's normally a quiet street.
"A lot of people keep to themselves around here," said neighbor Timothy Kaluzny. "Why someone would do that to their mother, I don’t understand. I just don’t understand."
The Source: The information in this post was provided by the Caledonia Police Department and the Racine County District Attorney's Office. Court information is publicly available on the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access website.