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A 20-year-old UC Santa Cruz student is accused of stabbing his mother to death with scissors and killing three of his family's four dogs.
Joseph Badiali, 20, was charged Tuesday with murder in the slaying of his mother, Rosemary Badiali, 57. He also faces three counts of animal cruelty.
The incident happened around 6:50 p.m. Saturday at a home on the 27000 block of La Porte Avenue, authorities said.
According to police, a neighbor called 911 after Rosemary's 92-year-old mother told her that her grandson had killed her daughter.
"She told me, 'He kill her, he kill her,' and we started crying," said neighbor Elizabeth Jimenez.
Jimenez was on the phone with police, when Joseph Badiali walked up to her.
She asked him if he had killed his mother. "Joseph said something to the effect of, 'Yes, I did it,'" the affidavit said.
When Hayward police Officer Ryan Sprague arrived on the scene he found Badiali in the middle of the road with blood on his hands, legs and shorts, Sprague wrote.
Sprague questioned Badiali where his mother was, he answered, “She’s gone,†the affidavit stated. “I asked Joseph what he meant and he said, 'She’s dead,’†Sprague wrote.
Police searched the residence and found the victim lying face down in a pool of blood in the back of the house, authorities said. She had been stabbed multiple times in the head, authorities added.
The mother was pronounced dead at the scene, as were three Chihuahuas found in the backyard with head injuries.
Joseph Badiali is being held without bail at the Santa Rita Jail. Investigators are still trying to establish a motive.
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