SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Florida — 38-year-old Christopher Lynch, a former Army Veteran, has been arrested for the brutal slaying of his mother on Mother’s Day.
The crime happened in the 4600 block of Evelyn Street in Pace, Florida.
According to the Pensacola News Journal, ‘deputies responded to a distress call and discovered a woman lying in a pool of blood on the front porch, covered in bruises and lacerations.’
The suspect suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2000 and the victim, Cheryl Lynch, was declared his caregiver.
From the Pensacola News Journal: As deputies approached the home, the police report states they could hear loud yelling and the sounds of a person or animal in distress. Outside the home, SRCSO deputies were immediately approached by an individual identified as Christopher Reed Lynch, a 38-year-old male, who was wielding an iron rod with a hook on one end of it.
According to the police report, Lynch was covered in blood and approached the officer on the scene while holding the iron rod, saying: “You want some?”
After a struggle with responding officers, Lynch was taken into custody.
His bond has been set at $1.2 million.
