Unemployed Massachusetts Man Allegedly Guns Down His Own Mother After Nasty Fight Over Cats Before Sending These Disturbing Texts to His Cousin

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Ryan Hanafin. Credit: WHDH Boston screenshotA jobless Massachusetts man stands accused of brutally murdering his own mother following a nasty fight over her pets and then bragging to his cousin about his horrific crime.As CBS Boston reported, prosecutors allege 49-year-old Andria Hanafin was shot and killed by her 22-year-old son, Ryan, the night of October 7 in their Reading home.He then fled to Vermont, where he was arrested the next day.Prosecutors say Matthew Hanafin, Ryan’s father, called 911 after arriving home from work around 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 8 and found his wife’s body in the kitchen of their home.Their 13-year-old son was also inside the home, but was thankfully unharmed.CBS Boston notes that Ryan Hanafin had an ongoing dispute with Andria Hanafin over the 84 foster cats she kept in the home. On the day of her death, Matthew and Andria spoke during a phone call at around 6:51 p.m., where she told him that she wanted him to move out of the house.Matthew Hanafin also revealed that he had told his son to “get a job and do something” with his life on the morning before the murder.The Boston Globe reported that Ryan Hanafin was most recently employed at a gun shop six months ago.Per CBS Boston, the cats are now in the care of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA).After killing his mother, prosecutors say Ryan Hanafin sent text messages via Snapchat to his cousin. One read that he “blew madre to pieces.”The second message he allegedly sent said that he “blew her s**t smooth off.”Prosecutors revealed that Andria Hanafin had expressed to another friend that she was scared of her son because he had access to firearms.Investigators later discovered 19 firearms in Ryan Hanafin’s room, including a ghost gun, which led to an untraceable firearm charge.Ryan Hanafin has been charged with first-degree murder and entered a not-guilty plea on Thursday.He also faces additional charges for improperly storing firearms near a minor and receiving an untraceable firearm.The young man is being held without bail for the murder charge.The post Unemployed Massachusetts Man Allegedly Guns Down His Own Mother After Nasty Fight Over Cats Before Sending These Disturbing Texts to His Cousin appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.