http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/04/14/2011-04-14_accused_killer_stuffed_shirt_down_grannys_throat_and_hid_body_in_basement_he_tol.html
Accused killer Christopher Jackson told cops he stuffed a T-shirt inside his grandmother's mouth and secured it with rubber bands to suffocate her before getting high and wolfing down six waffles.
In a series of bizarre and conflicting statements, Jackson first claimed Rosemary Little, 62, fell down a flight of stairs and then tried to convince cops she had her identity taken over by a 24-year-old woman.
"I didn't call for help because nobody would believe me and that they would think I am responsible for mom's death," Jackson told detectives Tuesday after Little's body was found wrapped in a blanket in a basement storage space at her Jamaica, Queens, home.
Jackson, 26, was held without bail on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence following an arraignment in Queens Criminal Court Wednesday.
"This is a sad case in which a vibrant woman's life was allegedly taken far too soon by a young man who in the process ended up throwing away the rest of his own life," said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Prosecutors say that around 8 a.m. Monday Jackson got into a heated argument over his pot smoking with the churchgoing woman who'd raised him after his mother died while he was still a youngster.
He stuffed the T-shirt into her mouth and held it shut with rubber bands used to keep kitchen cabinets closed, they say. Her wrists were bound with duct tape he found in a closet.
In an interview with detectives from the 103rd Precinct, Jackson said he ate the waffles around 2 p.m. Monday while smoking three marijuana joints, according to Assistant District Attorney Matthew Sweet.
Later, he told cops Little fell down stairs. He claimed he removed a blanket from her her bed and wrapped her in it but denied using duct tape.
Finally, around 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jackson claimed he killed his grandmother because a younger woman had assumed her identity.
"I did this to her because of the identities," he said. "I put a white T-shirt in her mouth to keep her quiet after she fell down the stairs..I got the scratches on my head when I was cleaning the house."
Little worked as a legal secretary at a Manhattan law firm. When she failed to show up for work Monday, a co-worker contacted her sister, Denize Brewer, who lived upstairs. Brewer discovered her sister's body in the basement.
