HOUSTON, TX. (THECOUNT) — Gabriel Pereyra, of Houston, TX, has been identified as the suspect accused of stabbing his 67-year-old mother to death after she refused to cook him a meal.
Pereyra, 34, was arrested by Harris County deputies on Friday — the same day his mother was found lying on the ground outside her apartment, bleeding from the head.
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The sheriff’s office said Pereyra stabbed her while she was seated in a chair. She then ran outside for help, collapsed and died on the sidewalk shortly after 5 p.m. Deputies found Pereyra inside the apartment covered in blood, according to a press release from the department. source
Pereyra told investigators he wanted his mother to prepare him some food and then put a kitchen knife to her throat, according to local press.
Pereyra is currently being held in the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility awaiting arraignment.
Anyone with possible information on the killing should contact police at 911.