The warrant for a person who’s accused of killing his mom, dismembering her and storing her stays in trash baggage of their West Haven residence, then making an attempt to set the home on fireplace, reveals ugly particulars in regards to the case.
It additionally says the suspect lived together with his decomposing mom for greater than two months earlier than police situated her stays inside the house.
Theodore Lloyd, 27, is accused of killing his 70-year-old mom, Tina Lloyd, and he has been charged with homicide, tampering with bodily proof and tried arson within the second diploma to hide a prison act.
When police took Theodore Lloyd into custody, he instructed investigators that his mom was overbearing and controlling and he blamed her for his lack of social abilities, which retains him from being profitable, the warrant says.
He went on to say that he had thought of killing his mom a number of instances and determined to behave on it on Jan. 11.
First, he searched on-line for methods to render her unconscious, in keeping with the warrant, which matches into element about how he instructed police he final killed his mother.
As soon as she was lifeless, he wasn’t certain what to do together with her physique and determined per week later to dismember her, the warrant states.
He then went on to say that he deliberate to bury his mom’s physique, however he couldn’t consider a sensible technique to get the rubbish baggage to the seashore.
The investigation began on the evening of March 24.
Officers had responded to the house at 28 Nashawena Ave. at 6:30 p.m. as a result of considered one of Tina Lloyd’s sons reported that he was at her residence, she wasn’t there and he was involved as a result of he hadn’t heard from her since November and he wasn’t conscious that another members of the family had both.
Police then discovered that that they had been despatched to the home to verify on Tina Lloyd on Feb. 2 when the owner contacted them and stated she hadn’t heard from her tenant in a couple of month and he or she was involved. There was no signal of Lloyd that day, the warrant states.
When officers went inside on March 24, they have been met with the scent of decomposition coming from a locked closet in an upstairs bed room, in keeping with the warrant.
Contained in the closet, police discovered a number of trash baggage, reduce into one and an oily substance poured out. Inside one other bag, they discovered dismembered human limbs and halted the investigation at that time as they sought a search warrant, in keeping with court docket paperwork.
The search and seizure warrant led to the invention of 15 black plastic rubbish baggage in and upstairs closet that contained physique elements and occasional grounds and eight extra rubbish baggage lined in decomposition matter and blood that contained gloves, cleansing wipes, tarps, instruments, a chainsaw and different gadgets.
Police additionally discovered two trails of paper doused in lighter fluid main into bedrooms, a propane cylinder, a string that seemed to be arrange as a wick that fireplace would journey, and matches in addition to a striker that seemed to be set as much as ignite when both door was opened inward, the warrant says.
In addition they discovered a firestarter dice within the drop ceiling in addition to items of carpet and an empty plastic lighter fluid bottle.
Police stated they consider that Theodore Lloyd purchased a handsaw, a respirator masks and a shovel from a House Depot retailer on the afternoon of Jan. 14 and an electrical chainsaw from a Walmart on the afternoon of Jan. 16, in keeping with the arrest warrant.
When police arrested Theodore Lloyd in March, they charged him with tried arson. In April, they stated they might be in search of extra fees.
On Thursday, police added the fees of homicide and tampering with bodily proof.
When police requested Theodore Lloyd if he felt relieved or unhappy now that his mom is gone, he stated, “Well, not relieved. I got caught,” the warrant states.
Theodore Lloyd is being held on $3 million bond and he’s due in court docket on Sept. 23.
