A 21-year-old New Jersey man told police that God had told him to kill his “monster” grandfather before he butchered the elderly man with an ax Tuesday.
Jason Vicari made the statements after officers made the gruesome discovery of his 81-year-old grandfather’s body, laying in the bathroom, bleeding from gashes in the head.
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“Mr. Jason Vicari uttered that he believed his grandfather was a monster and that God told him he would have to change his religion,” police said.
Vicari is currently being held without bond in the Bergen County Prison facing charges of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon.
The investigation continues by the Elmwood Park Police Department.