HOUSTON (AP) - A 22-year-old Houston man charged with fatally stabbing his mother has spent much of a brief court appearance sobbing and wailing after seeing relatives in the courtroom.
Blake Jefferson is charged with murder for the slaying last week of his 48-year-old mother, Dedre Jefferson, at their home. She was vice president of the Alief (AY’-leef) Independent School District board and an ex-teacher.
Authorities said the woman was talking to her own mother on the telephone early Friday, then screamed that her son was stabbing her. Blake Jefferson was caught at a nearby residence.
As he was led handcuffed Monday into a courtroom, he sobbed and doubled over, then put his hand over his heart and cried more as signed a court document, then wailed while being escorted from the courtroom.
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