Deputy was 'in terror' as man walked out holding mother's severed head

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>> IT WAS A GRUESOME SCENE.

>>> A HORRIFIC MURDER SEASONS A

LOCAL -- STUNS A LOCAL

COMMUNITY.

RIGHT NOW ON WRAL WHAT WE'RE

LEARNING ABOUT THE TEENAGER IN

JAIL TONIGHT ACCUSED OF KILLING

HIS MOTHER.

>> >. AND A NEW PLAN TO REPLACE

OBAMACARE IS REVEALED.

>> AND A CAR SLAMS INTO A

RALEIGH APARTMENT BUILDING.

>>> NEW GRUESOME DETAILS ARE

EMERGING TONIGHT IN A MURDER IN

ZEBULON.

I'M DEBRA MORGAN.

>> AND I'M GERALD OWENS.

THE TEEN BRUTALLY ATTACKED HIS

MOTHER WITH TWO YOUNG SIBLINGS

IN THE HOUSE.

ADAM OWENS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING

THE STORY ALL NIGHT AND HAS THE

NEW DISTURBING INFORMATION JUST

RELEASED.

ADAM?

>> REPORTER: FIRST WE WANT TO

LET EVERYONE MOE THE DETAILS OF

THIS -- KNOW THE DETAILS OF

THIS STORY MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR

SOME VIEWERS TO HEAR.

CONSIDER THE SHERIFF HIMSELF

USED WORDS LIKE GRAPHIC AND

GRUESOME TO DESCRIBE WHAT HE

HAD SCENE TODAY.

THE SHERIFF SAYS THE FIRST

OFFICER ON SCENE FOUND HIMSELF

FACE TO FACE WITH THE ACCUSED

KILLER.

IN ONE HAND THEY SAY HE HAD A

KNIFE.

IN THE OTHER HAND HIS OWN

MOTHER'S REMAINS.

>> WHEN THE OFFICER ARRIVED HE

WAS WITH THE DECAPITATION IN

HIS HAND, AND IT WAS A GRUESOME

SCENE.

THE OLDEST SON KILLED HIS

MOTHER.

IT LOOKED TO BE A LARGE BUTCHER

KNIFE, THE WEAPON THAT WAS

USED.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY

WOUNDS.

>> REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY

18-YEAR-OLD OLIVER FUNES IS THE

SUSPECT, AND HIS MOTHER THE

VICTIM.

OFFICERS SAY THE TEEN PLACED

HER HEAD ON GROUND AND WAS

TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

TWO YOUNG GIRLS WERE ALSO HOME

AT THE TIME, BUT DIDN'T APPEAR

TO BE INJURED JUST I SAW WHAT

HAPPENED, AND IT WAS JUST --

INJURED.

>> I SAW WHAT HAPPENED, AND IT

WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

>> REPORTER: RANDY OWENS SAYS

HE DROVE BY THE SCENE RIGHT

AFTER THE OFFICER ARRIVED, AND

SAID HE COULDN'T FORGET THE

LOOK ON HIS FACE.

>> HE WAS JUST IN TERROR, SO

UPSET.

>> REPORTER: FUNEZ IS NOW

CHARGED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

HE WAS THE ONE THAT CALLED 911

AND STAYED ON THE LINE WITH

OFFICERS UNTIL THEY ARRIVED.

>> YOU CAN'T PANEL HOW ANYBODY

COULD DO THAT TO -- IMAGINE HOW

ANYBODY COULD DO THAT TO

ANYBODY, MUCH LESS YOUR MOTHER.

IT'S JUST CRAZY.

>> REPORTER: AND IT COULD TURN

OUT THAT PICTURES AND/OR VIDEO

COULD BE A PART OF EVIDENCE IN

THIS CHASE.

THE SHERIFF TELLS US HIS

OFFICERS WEAR BODY CAMERAS THAT

MAY HAVE BEEN RECORDING WHEN

THE OFFICER AND SUSPECT IN THE

CASE FIRST CAME FACE TO FACE.

>> VERY DISTURBING.

HARD TO LISTEN TO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT FROM