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 stated.
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 top with a meat tenderizer as a result of he wished to know what it was wish to kill somebody, sources informed The Submit.
Hurstel was anticipated to be arraigned Wednesday morning on homicide and prison possession of a weapon expenses, authorities stated.
The alleged spare-no-details confession got here after cops took Hurstel, who has a protracted historical past of psychological sickness, into custody Monday night, based on the sources.
Hurstel allegedly informed police the brutal slaying unfolded after he argued along with his mom in the course of the morning inside their West Brighton house, prompting Casalaspro to inform him to take a stroll to relax, the sources stated.
The agitated Hurstel allegedly returned house to search out his mom gone, resulting in an altercation that ended with him beating Casalaspro to loss of life with a meat tenderizer, the sources stated.
He allegedly deliberate to chop up Casalaspro’s physique into items that he’d pulverize with a blender, however bumped into hassle finishing up his deranged dismemberment plan, based on the sources.
A primary try and 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 stated.
He then allegedly used a hammer in a failed try and take away Casalaspro’s mind, however he was interrupted by his youthful sister arriving house from faculty, the sources stated.
The blood-drenched Hurstel allegedly chillingly informed 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 stated.
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 liked him!’ She was yelling, screaming from outdoors into the home. The place her son was,” stated neighbor Jennifer Diaz, 46.
An eerily calm Hurstel left the house along with his arms up when police arrived shortly after 4:20 p.m., sources stated.
Diaz stated the alleged killer teen’s mother didn’t take a look at him as cops walked him from the home, arms 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 shocked neighbor stated.
“He appeared relieved, no expression on his face. Clean face, however so calm. No expression. He stated 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 carrying 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 stated.
The teenager has no prison document, however his historical past of psychological sickness contains schizophrenia and self-harm going again to 2022, sources stated.
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 buddy Louis Ortiz informed The Submit Monday evening.
Whereas the alleged killer may very well be “candy as pie,” he “was all the time going by stuff in class — psychological well being points,” Ortiz stated.
Neighbor Mariano Castro, 36, stated 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 at the least one neighbor stated she bought sick because the headless physique was carted from the house.
“‘There’s no have to go in, you possibly can’t assist him,’” the distraught mom informed the primary responders, Diaz stated.
“She was screaming. She stated, ‘His head is within the tub. There’s nothing so that you can do.’”
The mother and her household declined to remark.
– Extra reporting by Amanda Woods and Patrick Reilly
