A Texas man has been charged with murder for allegedly disemboweling his 74-year-old father, slitting his throat, and leaving him to die at his El Paso home — where cops discovered his body “rotting” inside last weekend — just two days after the son attacked his father with a hammer and told him, “Give me my power,” after becoming convinced he was an alien, according to police.
Jaime Adrian Contreras, 39, was arrested and charged this week with the death of Victor Gerardo Contreras, 74, at his home at 11755 Ronald McNair Dr., according to the El Paso Police Department.
Charging documents obtained by local NBC affiliate KTSM accuse Jaime Contreras of being obsessed with the idea that an extraterrestrial had taken over his father’s body and was attempting to harvest his organs. Police say he told them after his arrest that he had been “battling” with Victor Contreras days before.
On April 5, an elderly victim reported to police that Jaime Contreras was attacking him with a hammer. “He was acting crazy again,” the victim’s wife recalled him telling her after the incident, according to KTSM and the charging documents.
Police investigated and discovered that Jaime Contreras was allegedly “threatening” his father and claiming to have “killed his pets.” Officers responded to the call and spoke with both parties, but it was ultimately resolved as a non-incident, with Jaime Contreras’ mental health described as “okay,” according to KTSM.
Court documents from 2023 also detail two other incidents in Jaime Contreras’ past: one in which he allegedly walked around his father’s neighborhood with a decapitated rabbit, and another in which he allegedly had a breakdown over his father’s alien status.
Jaime Contreras was booked into El Paso County Jail and charged with murder. His bond amount was set at $2,000,000.
