Matthew Dempsey, 18, are charged with capital murder in the death of Dempsey's mother, 53-year-old Mary Helen Dempsey.  An arrest affidavit stated Matthew Dempsey told investigators that he and Saucedo went to his mother's house in the 7500 block of Stagecoach Lane to rob her. Matthew Dempsey said they got into the home using his key and began gathering items that they intended to steal, according to court records.

Police said that Matthew Dempsey told investigators he was in his bedroom when Mary Dempsey returned to the home. He confessed to attacking his mother from behind as she turned on the kitchen light and beating her with a baseball bat. Police said that his accomplice, Daniel Saucedo, grabbed another bat and also began beating Mary Dempsey in the living room, where Mary Dempsey's body was later discovered by her daughter. Dempsey accepted a plea agreement to serve 42 years in prison for the capital murder of his mother.

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