A Florida man allegedly killed his mother, who had recently bonded him out of jail and had moved to the state to get him mental health help.Gibson Nash, 21, was charged with first-degree murder after a series of perplexing events eventually led police to his mother’s bloodied body.Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office found Margaret Chu Dufour, a 56-year-old nurse, on the floor of her home in Polk County, Florida.It wasn’t their first encounter with her.About a month before, deputies responded to a "disturbance" at the home involving her moving company.KENTUCKY MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING, KILLING WOMAN AND KEEPING HER BODY UNDER TRAILER BEFORE DISPOSALGibson Nash has been charged with first-degree murder of his mother, Margaret Chu Dufour, after allegedly beating and strangling her to death in July.
(Polk County Sheriff’s Office)The "movers tried to upcharge her and charge her more money," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a news conference on Aug.5.After movers left, his deputies helped her finish moving items into her new home "without fanfare," Judd said."That’s the kind of customer service our deputies do."So deputies with the same department were horrified to find her dead on the floor a month later.
It was the culmination of a series of puzzling events on the morning of July 21, Judd said.Just before 7 a.m., her son was involved in multiple traffic crashes while driving her vehicle, a blue BMW SUV, Judd said.After fleeing the first crash, Nash allegedly hit a slew of other vehicles with the SUV, Judd said.The rampage caused more property damage, additional crashes between other vehicles, and ultimately, injuries to three people, who were treated at a hospital.Deputies then found Nash unconscious behind the wheel of the SUV covered in blood.
That confused deputies, Judd said."It was a significant crash, but it was like, ‘Why is he unconscious?’" Judd said.Deputies tried to sort it out at the scene."He's got blood on his hands, and ...