Mother of teen who drowned his dad in 'exorcism' style killing called 911 when ... trends now
The mother of a teenager accused of drowning his alcoholic dad as part of an 'exorcism' called 911 when he came home and claimed his father was missing.
Jack Callahan, 22, is currently on trial for the murder of his father Scott, 57, who was found by police floating in a pond outside Duxbury, around 30 miles outside of Boston, in June 2021.
He was 19 when his mother Wendy called police saying her son was having a mental health episode and her ex-husband was missing.
Police then called an ambulance after finding Callahan 'worked up and distraught', hyperventilating and passing out.
He told them his father hit him, and he did not know where he was: 'He's missing. I don't know what happened. I blacked out.'
Jack Callahan, 22, has gone on trial for the murder of his father Scott during an 'exorcism'
Police found Scott Callahan (pictured with a unnamed woman) dead in a pond outside Duxbury, Massachusetts in July 2021
Jack Callahan, 21, cried when he first pleaded not guilty at Plymouth District Court in 2021
Callahan told police he had been bringing his father home from a bar when they stopped next to Island Creek Pond where his father began attacking him
Callahan eventually directed the police to Crooker Memorial Park where officers found Scott in Island Creek Pond.
He told police his banker father was possessed by a demon called 'Dirty Dan' who he thought could be destroyed through baptism.
He was bringing his father home from a Boston bar when his mother called to say she would not have her ex-husband in their house, and the young man asked their cab driver to pull over next to the pond.
He grabbed his father and repeatedly plunged his head under the water, telling cops: 'I left him there to decide, you can come to heaven with me or hell. I think he chose hell.'
Scott Callahan's obituary reported that he was the Senior Vice President of Texas Capital Bank, and had an 'extensive career in finance'.
He had been receiving treatment for alcoholism at a
