A Sacramento County father was arrested on suspicion of decapitating his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said.
Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and jailed Friday on charges of murder, assault by force likely to cause serious bodily injury and corporal injury to a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to authorities and court records. prison. He is being held in the Sacramento County Main Jail and is not eligible for bail.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home in the 7500 block of Versailles Way in Sacramento County early Friday morning. sheriff’s officials said on social media. A woman outside the home told them that her husband, Andrey Demskiy, had attacked her and her mother, who was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Deputies then attempted to contact Demskiy but he refused to answer the door, authorities said. When they learned that a one-year-old boy was inside the home and may have been injured, the officers forced entry and attempted to arrest Demskiy, who resisted, authorities said.
While Demskiy was being taken into custody, officers made the grisly discovery of a severed child’s head in the bedroom where Demskiy was, officials said. Authorities said a knife was used in the crime.
Child abuse detectives from the Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene. Their investigation determined that Demskiy was involved in a domestic violence incident with his wife and mother-in-law and that once they left the house, he decapitated his son, authorities said.
The boy has not been officially identified.
Demskiy is due in court Tuesday.