Tag: morbid curiosity

Sheriff: ‘Morbid Curiosity’ Given As Motive For Killing Teen:

I’ve been blogging about various crimes for 6 years now. I’ve become almost detached from my emotions when writing about these stories. Until I read this article. I almost flung my laptop across the room. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I have a (step)daughter her age…

RICHMOND, Texas — Morbid curiosity was given as the motive by one of two suspects charged with killing 16-year-old Ashton Glover, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

Matthew McCombs arrived in Fort Bend County Monday afternoon after he waived extradition from Michigan, where he and Sean Brown were captured while trying to cross the U.S.-Canada border into Ontario.

McCombs and Brown, both 18, were charged with murder in the death of Glover on Wednesday.

McCombs has given a statement,” Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright said. “We think the statement, at this point, is pretty accurate because it’s collaborated by some of the facts that we have.”

Wright said McCombs implicated Brown in the killing but admitted to pulling the trigger.

“The pistol that we recovered in the search warrant at McCombs’ house is indeed the murder weapon,” Wright said. “Mr. McCombs pulled the trigger (with a) 22-32. It’s an old model replica, a frontier model, an old pistol. You can still buy ammunition for it, I think, but those guns have been out of production for some time.”

He said that McCombs stole the gun from a friend’s grandmother’s house in Kerrville.

Wright did not elaborate on the statement or motive in order to not jeopardize the case. He also would not say why Glover was the victim.

“I’ll have to stop with the statement made — morbid curiosity. Of course, there are more answers to that, but, after conferring with the district attorney and others, they requested that we not go beyond that,” he said.

Matthew McCombs, may God have mercy on your soul.

Glover Murder Suspect Admits Part In Killing; Pistol Found At His Home:

Just a brief update…

Matthew McCombs, one of two suspects in the murder of Sugar Land teenager Ashton Glover, has given detectives a “self-implicating statement,” Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright said Monday morning.

Investigators also have discovered a pistol at McCombs’ home in Sugar Land, the sheriff said. However, test results are not yet available that could indicate whether or not the weapon was used in Glover’s death.

Police: Teen admits being involved in Sugar Land murder:

One of Ashton Glover’s killers has confessed…

RICHMOND–One of the teens charged in the slaying of Ashton Glover has given police a statement admitting his involvement in the killing, Fort Bend County officials said today.

Investigators were preparing to bring Matthew R. McCombs, 18, from the St. Clair County jail in Port Huron, Michigan to Texas when the teen told police he wanted to talk, Chief Deputy Craig Brady of the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s office said today.

”Ultimately he gave confession admitting his involvement in the murder,” Brady said.

Brady declined to provide any details about McComb’s statement other than it took several hours.

Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright said the statement greatly strengthens the state’s case against the pair.

“It makes the case. We had a good case, I think now we have an airtight case,” Wright said.

Wright said the statement corroborates evidence already collected in the probe.

McCombs and Sean H. Berry, 18, both of Sugar Land, were arrested Wednesday night trying to enter Canada from Port Huron.

From the impression I get, it sounds like he’s rolling over on his partner, Sean Brown. I also get the impression that Brown is the “ringleader”.