‘You shot your mom in the head 3 times because of a cat?': Affdavit details Rogers man's attempted capital murder arrest
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Rogers man is accused of shooting his mother multiple times with a crossbow, according to a probable cause affidavit.
According to a press release, Joseph Michael Alexander, 29, is facing charges of attempted capital murder, aggravated residential burglary, interference with first-degree emergency communications and third-degree domestic battery.
Mary Alexander told police that at 6:45 a.m. on Monday, March 24, she had heard a cat meowing at her door and had gotten up to let the animal outside.
She said shortly after, 'she felt like her eardrum had popped and saw blue.'
Mike Alexander said he heard his wife scream, then found their adult son, Joseph Alexander, standing over her with a crossbow, according to court documents. Mary Alexander had multiple arrows in her head, Mike Alexander later told investigators.
Joseph Alexander then allegedly forced his way into their bedroom, took their phones and demanded money.
During the incident, Joseph Alexander allegedly made Mike Alexander send $2,000 via Cash App and transfer $1,400 in Bitcoin before demanding access to the couple's bank account. When Mike Alexander said he did not know the code to the account, Joseph Alexander allegedly yelled at Mary Alexander, who was on the ground, to give it to him.
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According to a probable cause affidavit, Joseph Alexander allegedly told Mike Alexander, 'You need to give me what is mine, or else I'm going to have to go to the next level.'
The affidavit says Mike Alexander eventually convinced Joseph Alexander to go into the garage with him. Mike Alexander told detectives he tried to reason and talk Joseph Alexander down, and during that exchange, Joseph Alexander allegedly said, 'Don't worry about it, Dad, she's dead.'
When the two men returned inside, Mary Alexander had fled the scene.
Mary Alexander later told detectives she played dead while Joseph Alexander demanded money from Mike Alexander. While lying on the ground, she heard Joseph Alexander allegedly say to Mike Alexander, 'I won't kill you because that will be a double homicide.'
After Joseph Alexander left in Mike Alexander's white Toyota Tacoma, she crawled to the bedroom to find a phone, then used her walker to reach a neighbor's house.
At 8:08 a.m., a neighbor called 911, reporting that Mary Alexander had been shot in the face with an arrow.
First responders found Mary Alexander inside the neighbor's home with multiple arrows lodged in her face and head and transported her to a local hospital for treatment.
Later that day, deputies in Stone County, Missouri, located the stolen vehicle and attempted to stop Joseph Alexander.
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Joseph Alexander reportedly led them on a high-speed chase before crashing. Deputies tased him after a struggle and took him into custody.
Paramedics on the scene said Joseph Alexander confessed to shooting his mother. One EMT reported that Joseph Alexander claimed he had been petting a cat at home when his mother made a comment that upset him.
He allegedly said he grabbed a 'toy crossbow,' shot Mary Alexander once, and when she screamed, shot her two more times.
In a recorded interview with investigators, Joseph Alexander allegedly admitted to breaking into his parents' home and shooting his mother. When asked for a motive, he stated, 'I didn't have a reason. I just lost my cool… I thought she was going after my cat.'
The interview allegedly included the following exchange:
Detective Jason Beeler: 'You had to have shot her for a reason?'
Joseph Alexander: 'I didn't have a reason; I just lost my cool. I woke up, and I thought that she was, like, going after my cat for some reason. I just, like, literally just stood up and lost my shit because of my cat.'
Det. Beeler: 'You shot your mom in the head three times because of a cat?'
Joseph Alexander: 'Ya, like that is the best process I understand of what happened.'
Joseph Alexander said in the interview that he walked from his home in Rogers to his parents' house and entered through his old bedroom window to avoid waking them. He said he quietly moved around the house for the same reason.
Joseph Alexander is currently being held at the Benton County Jail on a $750,000 cash only bond. No court dates have been filed as of May 2.
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