September 20, 2022, 05:45 PM
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A man in New York City (NYC) has admitted to murdering his mother and disposing of the body allegedly with the help of his two girlfriends.
According to the New York Post, his goal was to speed up his inheritance of her supposed US$11 million (S$15.5 million) fortune.
Bloody gloves, bloodstains found
Jared Eng, 25, pleaded guilty to brutally beating and slashing his mother’s throat during a fight in their shared apartment in January 2019.
After committing the act, Eng — allegedly with the help of his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez — cleaned the apartment and drove the body to the family’s weekend home using the victim's own car.
There they were joined by another of Eng's girlfriends, Caitlyn O'Rourke, who allegedly helped to stuff Eng's mother's corpse into a garbage bag.
Eng and one of his girlfriends, Caitlyn O'Rourke. Image from Jared Eng's Instagram account
The then-college student also changed the passwords of her bank accounts, searched for inheritance lawyers, and Googled ways of disposing a body, reported the New York Post.
But police found the remains of the 65-year-old Paula Chin outside the property just one day after she was reported missing by her elder son Brandon Eng.
Bloody rubber gloves and bloodstains were also discovered in both the apartment and the weekend home, the New York Post noted.
Chilling text messages
The very next day, Eng was arrested and charged with concealing the body, said the New York Times.
He initially denied the charges. When speaking to reporters after questioning, he said: “I loved her. She gave me everything.”
But on Sep. 16, more than three years after the arrest, he finally admitted to the act.
Text messages to his girlfriends also alluded to the chilling nature of the murder, said prosecutors.
“It’s done,” he wrote. “I’m free.”
According to one of his girlfriends, Eng further admitted to her that his mother had taken "a while to die".
“A brutal and shocking murder”
For second-degree murder, Eng faces a minimum of 18 years to life in prison.
His girlfriends have been charged with lesser crimes. Their cases are still pending, said the New York Post.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg called the killing of Chin “a brutal and shocking murder”.
“My thoughts are with those who continue to mourn Ms Chin's loss,” he said.
Top image via Jared Eng's Instagram.
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