A Sacramento County father was arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff's officials said.
Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and charged Friday with felony counts of murder, assault by force likely to produce serious bodily injury and bodily injury to a spouse in connection with the child's death, according to authorities and prosecutors. jail records. He is being held at the Sacramento County Main Jail and is not eligible for bail.
Sheriff's deputies responded to a family 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 assaulted her and her mother, who was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers then tried to contact Demskiy, but he refused to open the door, authorities said. When they learned that a 1-year-old child was inside the home and had possibly been injured, officers forced entry and attempted to detain Demskiy, who resisted, authorities said.
When Demskiy was taken into custody, officers made the gruesome discovery of a child's severed head in the bedroom where Demskiy had been, authorities said. Authorities said a knife was used in the crime.
Detectives from the sheriff's Child Abuse Bureau 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 their son, authorities said.
The child has not been officially identified.
Demskiy is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
