The twisted Staten Island teen accused of killing his mom’s boyfriend allegedly gave a full, gory confession – together with that he deliberate to liquify the physique in a blender and flush it down the bathroom, beginning with the mind, law-enforcement sources mentioned.
Damien Hurstel, 19, allegedly calmly admitted to cops on the NYPD’s one hundred and twentieth Precinct that he fatally bludgeoned Anthony Casalaspro, 45, over the pinnacle with a meat tenderizer as a result of he wished to know what it was wish to kill somebody, sources instructed The Publish.
Hurstel was anticipated to be arraigned Wednesday morning on homicide and felony possession of a weapon expenses, authorities mentioned.
The alleged spare-no-details confession got here after cops took Hurstel, who has an extended historical past of psychological sickness, into custody Monday night, based on the sources.
Hurstel allegedly instructed police the brutal slaying unfolded after he argued together with his mom throughout the morning inside their West Brighton house, prompting Casalaspro to inform him to take a stroll to settle down, the sources mentioned.
The agitated Hurstel allegedly returned house to search out his mom gone, resulting in an altercation that ended with him beating Casalaspro to demise with a meat tenderizer, the sources mentioned.
He allegedly deliberate to chop up Casalaspro’s physique into items that he’d pulverize with a blender, however bumped into bother finishing up his deranged dismemberment plan, based on the sources.
A primary try to sever Casalaspro’s head with a kitchen knife failed, prompting the sick suspect to seize a hand noticed from a shed to complete the grisly job, sources mentioned.
He then allegedly used a hammer in a failed try to take away Casalaspro’s mind, however he was interrupted by his youthful sister arriving house from college, the sources mentioned.
The blood-drenched Hurstel allegedly chillingly instructed his sister, “I did one thing dangerous, go to your room,” sources detailed.
However the unsettling warning went unheeded, as Hurstel’s sister adopted a path of blood to the lavatory and located Casalaspro’s dismembered physique within the tub – with a spoon protruding of the severed head’s eye socket, the sources mentioned.
The grisly discovery prompted the lady, 16, to name her mom, who rushed to the Cary Avenue home as NYPD cops grappled with the scene, based on sources and neighbors.
“The mother, she simply saved saying to her son, ‘Why would you kill him?! I nonetheless beloved him!’ She was yelling, screaming from exterior into the home. The place her son was,” mentioned neighbor Jennifer Diaz, 46.
An eerily calm Hurstel left the house together with his palms up when police arrived shortly after 4:20 p.m., sources mentioned.
Diaz mentioned the alleged killer teen’s mother didn’t take a look at him as cops walked him from the home, palms cuffed behind his again, and a spooky expression on his gore-streaked face.
“He had blood on his face and his Timberland development boots, however not blood on his garments,” the surprised neighbor mentioned.
“He seemed relieved, no expression on his face. Clean face, however so calm. No expression. He mentioned nothing, simply very calm.”
Hurstel was taken to the hospital and was seen on Tuesday, being wheeled out of the NYPD’s one hundred and twentieth precinct on a gurney, nonetheless bloodied and sporting a Tyvek go well with.
He had been scheduled for an arraignment, however he appeared to undergo a seizure whereas being transported to a Staten Island courthouse and was taken to a hospital, sources mentioned.
The teenager has no felony document, however his historical past of psychological sickness contains schizophrenia and self-harm going again to 2022, sources mentioned.
The household has a historical past of home incident stories, based on sources. It’s unclear if the siblings are biologically associated.
Casalaspro, a metropolis Division of Sanitation employee, had been with the suspect’s mother for almost six years and the couple “had their ups and downs with the children,” his shut good friend Louis Ortiz instructed The Publish Monday evening.
Whereas the alleged killer may very well be “candy as pie,” he “was all the time going by way of stuff in class — psychological well being points,” Ortiz mentioned.
Neighbor Mariano Castro, 36, mentioned Casalaspro and his companion’s son appeared to have a standard relationship, having only recently seen the 2 of their yard mowing the garden and grilling.
Screams from Hurstel’s mother rattled the usually quiet tree-lined block as EMS responders arrived Monday night, and no less than one neighbor mentioned she acquired sick because the headless physique was carted from the house.
“‘There’s no must go in, you possibly can’t assist him,’” the distraught mom instructed the primary responders, Diaz mentioned.
“She was screaming. She mentioned, ‘His head is within the tub. There’s nothing so that you can do.’”
The mother and her household declined to remark.
– Further reporting by Amanda Woods and Patrick Reilly
