Grandson Beats Grandmother To Death For Hiding His Beer

Story out of Jacksonville, Florida:

The scene that greeted police officers Oct. 10 when they arrived at a domestic disturbance call in East Arlington’s Cobblestone neighborhood was one of mayhem, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office report.

Joyce Ann Courson, 69, was sitting in a puddle of blood in the hallway, her right eye split open as fist- and foot-sized holes filled nearby walls in the home on Ashridge Drive, the report said.

It all started with her hiding her grandson’s beer, she was able to tell police.

Courson’s 18-year-old grandson has been charged with murder after she succumbed to her injuries a week after being pummeled repeatedly, according to police. Dylan Nicholas Broughman had initially been charged with aggravated battery, but the murder charge was added Thursday after the Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The initial incident occurred just before 8 a.m. Oct. 10, according to the arrest report. Broughman was in the shower when Courson confiscated his beer. Her grandson became enraged when he couldn’t find his beer and began yelling, “It’s all your fault, everything is your fault!” she told police.

From her hospital bed, Courson told them her grandson caved in chunks of the walls and shoved her to the floor as he followed her into a hallway, the report said. That’s when he held her down and punched her in the face with his fist over and over again, then started kicking her.

Broughman’s mother admitted her son “has some issues.” She also said she has since learned that her mother told her intensive care unit doctor not to blame him for her death. Cont.

Story from - Jacksonville.com