Chilling moment teen claims ‘I’m not a psychopath’ months before allegedly stabbing mum to death
Chilling moment teen claims ‘I’m not a psychopath’ months before allegedly stabbing mum to death
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A Florida teenager stands accused of murdering his own mother, a mere two years after he alleged that he killed his father in self-defence. The teen was caught on recently released bodycam footage reassuring his grandmother, "I'm not a murderer," less than a year before he allegedly took his mother's life.
"I was saying, 'Mum, I'm not a psychopath,'" 17 year old Collin Griffith can be heard explaining to his grandmother in the video obtained by a deputy from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and aired by local Fox affiliate WFTX on Tuesday. . During a heated argument with his mother, Catherine Griffith, 39, in November 2023, which led to police intervention and his subsequent arrest for domestic violence, he recalls telling her: "I'm not a murderer. I'm just trying to peacefully leave or peacefully coexist. She kept telling me to shut up and shut up, and when I wouldn't shut up, she hit me.".
He detailed how she repeatedly told him to be quiet, and when he refused, she struck him. Griffith, who now faces first-degree murder charges, was in the back of a police car conversing with his grandmother when he confessed to an officer that he constantly feels on edge, fearing he might lash out at his mom. "If I think she's going to do something, even if she's not, I might act. I'm not going to, like, go crazy or anything. But I'm not sure, honestly," Griffith concedes.