Dead People Can't Hear, Bro

A Florida man is charged with murdering his 77-year-old grandfather and cutting the elderly man’s ears off with a knife.  According to CBS affiliate WPEC, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home in DeLand in Central Florida for reports of a man who said he was attacked by his grandfather.

30-year-old Kolby Parker was sitting in the back of his pickup truck when he told deputies he and his grandfather, Ronald Wells, Sr., were smoking marijuana, after which there was a confrontation. Parker claims he was only acting in self-defense when the older man attacked him with a knife. He told deputies he managed to get the knife away and used it on Wells, who was found dead on the front porch with multiple stab wounds.

While he was being questioned by police, Parker pulled two human ears from his pant pockets, which were later discovered to be those of his grandfather.  Deputies said Parker then became violent toward them, but he was eventually subdued and taken into custody.

Parker later confessed to hitting his grandfather multiple times in the head with a baseball bat and then stabbed him with a butcher knife numerous times. He also admitted to cutting his grandfather’s ears off and stated that he wanted his grandfather to be with his dead grandmother.  "We were smoking a bowl of pot on the table,” Parker said. “We were just sitting here talking, and all of a sudden he grabbed a hold of the knife, tried to swing at me and I had to defend myself. And now he’s sitting here dead.”

During questioning, Parker asked one of the deputies for his gun before lunging at him, the Daily Commercial reported. “Can I see your gun, bro?” Parker asked.“No,” the deputy replied before a brief struggle ensued as Parker tried to get the weapon. Another deputy then used his Taser on Parker as he tried to break free.

Parker is charged with second-degree murder, battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting with violence.