PALM COAST, Fla. – A 22-year-old man stabbed his mother to death Wednesday night after she threatened to throw him out of their Palm Coast home, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office said.
Nathaniel Ryder Shimmel has been charged with killing a woman whose body was found about 7:30 p.m. Wedneday in front of her Woodhollow Lane home, deputies said.
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The woman is believed to be Shimmel's mother, Michele Shimmel, but she has not been positively identified yet, deputies said Thursday morning.
According to the charging affidavit, Nathaniel Shimmel called 911 to report that his mother had been stabbed by a masked man who ran off. He told the 911 dispatcher that "there was a knife in his mother's back."
LISTEN: Nathaniel Shimmell's 911 call
When investigators arrived, they found the woman lying face down in the yard of the home, and noted that Nathaniel Shimmel had blood on his shirt, shorts, chest, leg and in between his toes.
Nathaniel Shimmel initially maintained his story about the masked man, but during his interview with deputies he began to cry and said he initially stabbed his mother by accident after she threatened to throw him out of the house and then panicked, according to the affidavit.
According to the document, Nathaniel Shimmel said, "that there is no God who would forgive what he has done."
He is being held without bond in the Flagler County Detention Facility.
“It’s a tragedy that this occurred but I’m glad that we could quickly identify the suspect and take him into custody,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “Units within the agency worked as the dynamic team they are. Many have worked with no sleep for 24-hours or minimal sleep, away from their families. I joined them first-hand at various scenes and operations last night and this morning and I couldn’t be prouder to lead such a professional group.”