Zachary Drey, the man accused of killing UNLV student Clifton Taylor, has been turned in by his mother.

According to the arrest report for Drey confessed the murder to his mother after she went to his apartment to give Drey’s brother a driving lesson. Drey reportedly told his mother that he tried to cut off his roommate’s head and dispose of the body.

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She tried to convince him to turn himself in, but he refused. When she arrived home, she called the police. A police officer called Drey and told him what his mother said. Drey told the officer that he was not Zachary Drey and fled the apartment. h/t

Upon arrival, police officers discovered Clifton Taylor in a bathroom tub with multiple stab wounds. There was also evidence that the murderer attempted to conceal the crime by dismembering the body and cleaning the scene with bleach.

A motive for the murder was not revealed in the police report.