THE mother of a man on trial for allegedly killing his father has recalled witnessing her son come home in soaking-wet clothes on the night he’s accused of drowning his dad.
Jack Callahan, 22, allegedly murdered his father, Scott Callahan, in June 2021, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, about an hour south of Boston.
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On the night of the incident, the younger Callahan told investigators that his father suffered from alcoholism and had to go pick him up from a bar in Boston.
Callahan claims that during the Uber ride back home to Duxbury, he asked the driver to drop them off at Island Creek Pond so they could have a cigarette.
But, while they were at the pond, an altercation broke out between the two.
Callahan told investigators that his father punched him in the face and that he blacked out, Plymouth assistant district attorney Shanan Buckingham said during the suspect’s 2021 arraignment.
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Buckingham said Callahan proceeded to drown his father in the pond, claiming he was “baptizing” his dad.
The younger Callahan allegedly told investigators that his dad, who was the senior vice president of Texas Capital Bank, was possessed by a demon called “Dirty Dan.”
‘EXORCISM DROWNING’
At the time, Callahan, then 19, told police that he believed the act was a form of exorcism that would free his father, according to court records.
“He described that he was holding his father in the pond on his back like a baby,” Buckingham said.
“He continually dunked the father’s head in the water about four to eight times, that when the father started to cough and choke, he would lift his head up, and then when the father started to fight and strike him, he would push the head back into the water.
“He did so until his father was no longer struggling and floating.”
The younger Callahan allegedly told police he left his father “to decide, you can come to heaven with me or hell – I think he chose hell.”
The teen returned to his mother’s house in Duxbury at around 2 am.
Wendy Callahan recalled how her teenage son’s clothes were soaking wet.
She called the police, telling them her son was having a mental health episode and her ex-husband was missing.
When police were finally able to speak with the younger Callahan, he said he didn’t know what happened, claiming he blacked out from being punched by his father.
Police searched the pond where the Uber driver dropped off the pair and found Scott Callahan’s body floating in the waters.
The financier’s suitcase was also found nearby.
The elder Callahan was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Jack Callahan was arrested the next day and charged with murder.
He has pleaded not guilty. His trial started on April 8 at Plymouth County Superior Court.
The prosecution is expected to call Scott Callahan’s sister, Martha DeMarco, to testify.
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