Kevin A. Comer (Marion County Sheriff's Office). Background: The home where Comer allegedly killed his father (WXIN).
A 37-year-old man in Indiana is accused of killing his own father before telling one of the victim's friends that his dad "was done" and that he found killing him to be a "liberating" experience.
Kevin Andrew Comer was taken into custody over the weekend on the preliminary charge of murder in the slaying of Jody Comer, authorities announced.
According to a press release from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers from the Northwest District responded to a home in the 3200 block of Lupine Drive at 10:06 a.m. on Nov. 7 for a welfare check request.
Upon arriving, police forced their way through the front door and found an unresponsive adult male suffering injuries "consistent with trauma." He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency responded to help collect potential forensic evidence. Police said the Marion County Coroner's Office is assisting in the investigation and will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.
Shortly after finding the victim, investigators located Comer in the 3200 block of West Washington Street and arrested him without incident.
According to court documents obtained by local Fox affiliate WXIN, Kevin Comer made numerous incriminating statements to police, including an alleged confession.
"I popped him two times in the head with a tomahawk," Kevin Comer allegedly said to officers.
Kevin Comer also allegedly told his father's co-worker about the killing while reportedly trying to sell Jody Comer's tools to the co-worker. The co-worker, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke to WXIN about the interaction.
"I asked him where Jody was at and he said, 'He's gone. He's done,'" the co-worker reportedly told police. "[Kevin Comer said] if he knew it was so easy to kill Jody, he would've done it a long time ago and he found the experience liberating."
The co-worker also told the station that Jody Comer had previously mentioned being afraid that his son might harm him.
"Me and him are pretty good friends, and he had told me if anything, if he never shows up or something like that, to call police to do a welfare check because, you know, his boy is just not right," he told WXIN.
According to the court documents, Kevin Comer said he killed his father because Jody Comer was a "terrible human being," further claiming that Jody Comer was not his real father.
After allegedly killing his father, Kevin Comer told police he made a "plushie pile" by covering the body with blankets and clothing, saying he did so because his daughter was a big fan of plushie piles. Kevin Comer also said that he retrieved a can of gas to set the plushie pile on fire, but decided against it when he realized that a fire could spread and harm children who might be in the apartment complex.
Kevin Comer is currently being held in the Marion County Jail without bond, records show. He is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
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