Massachusetts man accused of beating parents and setting home on fire, leaving them to die

A antheral was arrested aft allegedly beating his aged parents, lighting their Massachusetts location connected occurrence and leaving them successful the residence contempt their pleas for help, according to authorities.

Darius Hazard, 44, was charged with execution and arson aft his parents — 76-year-old Venture and 83-year-old Donald — were recovered dormant successful the surviving country of their burned North Adams location connected Monday, according to the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office.

Hazard confessed to physically assaulting his parents wrong their home, pouring gasoline connected the level and mounting the location connected occurrence earlier driving distant and abandoning them successful the burning structure, investigators said.

Both of the suspect's parents were recovered dormant successful the location by firefighters who responded to the blaze astatine astir 7 a.m. connected Monday morning. The aesculapian examiner ruled their origin of decease arsenic fume inhalation.

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Darius Hazard, 44, was charged with execution and arson. (North Adams Police Department)

Police aboriginal took Hazard into custody astatine a Walmart parking lot. Officers frisked him, and helium said helium had a weapon successful his car. He said helium had attempted to stab himself, and helium had injuries to his thigh and chest.

Prosecutors said Hazard told the officers helium became "really, truly angry" portion helium and his begetter were helping his mother, who had trouble walking and suffered from precocious arthritis and scoliosis, aft she fell astir 3 a.m., tribunal documents show, according to WNYT.

"I conjecture I snapped," helium said.

Darius Hazard confessed to physically assaulting his parents wrong their home, pouring gasoline connected the level and mounting the location connected fire. (North Adams Police Department)

Hazard was yelling astatine them and hitting them repeatedly, the outlet reported. His begetter told him to stop, which helium yet did. He past shoved some parents to the level and struck them with assorted objects, arsenic good arsenic his fist. He adjacent threw a instrumentality astatine his father.

He poured gasoline connected the level upstairs and successful the surviving room, acceptable a lucifer and drove away.

His parents were injured, but live erstwhile helium left. He told constabulary they were yelling "come back" and "help me, assistance us, we are successful trouble" arsenic helium near the home.

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Darius Hazard told officers helium became "really, truly angry" portion helium and his begetter were helping his parent aft she fell astir 3 a.m. (North Adams Police Department)

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Hazard said helium knew helium should not person mislaid his chill similar this. He said helium had mislaid his temper successful the past and yelled oregon breached things, but this was the archetypal clip helium assaulted his parents.

He has pleaded not blameworthy and remains held without bail astatine Berkshire County House of Correction, News 10 reported.