'I told you I would do it,' son tells mother after posting selfie with his slain stepfather, police say
Navar Beverly laid his head next to the body of the stepfather he had just strangled, snapped a photo with his phone and posted the selfie to Twitter, according to police.
He then approached his mother with the news.
"I told you I would do it," he said, before revealing that her husband's lifeless body was in the garage.
He then fled the family's Maryland home, leading police on a short chase in a minivan before he was apprehended and charged with first-degree murder in the fatal strangulation of Ronald Francis Pinkney, 67.
As law enforcement continues to investigate the July 7 killing of Pinkney, they're also examining whether mental health issues played into the case and are reviewing Beverly's extensive criminal record that spans decades across the Washington region and includes a prior murder conviction.
Prince George's County District Court Judge Clayton Aarons ordered Beverly, 38, of Bowie, jailed until trial without the possibility of release during his first court appearance Monday. As the hearing ended, Beverly, who appeared via a closed-circuit television connection, interrupted court with an outburst.
"Ain't no one answer to the law but me!" Beverly yelled. "Only one person got hit by a satellite and that person is me!"
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