There are multiple recent cases involving sons who killed or decapitated their mothers:

• In Glendale, Arizona, Alejandro Gonzalez, 25, admitted to stabbing and decapitating his mother, Teresa De Jesus Cruz Rubio, hours before her surprise birthday party. Police found her body with multiple stab wounds and her head severed. Gonzalez was arrested and charged with first-degree murder

• In the Netherlands, a 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly decapitating his 63-year-old mother and fleeing with her head in his car. The man was believed to have suffered a psychotic episode

• In Wisconsin, a 17-year-old named Nikita Casap was charged with killing his mother and stepfather, though decapitation was not specified

• In Florida, 17-year-old Collin Griffith was accused of stabbing his mother to death a year after killing his father, but was found not guilty of first-degree murder. No decapitation was reported in this case

The most direct case of a son decapitating his mother is Alejandro Gonzalez in Arizona