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An entitled Missouri son is accused of committing a savage murder, bludgeoning his own mother to death with a gardening tool official, say.

Christian County Sheriff Brad Cole spoke to Ozark's first news.

For all intensive purposes, we believe that it

could possibly have something to do with money. Christian County deputies were dispatched to the

Ozark home of Carolyn Alling, 65. After her husband requested a well-being check, concerned,

she hadn't returned his calls all day.

Officers were met by her son Derek Olling upon arrival.

The 39-year-old's bizarre behavior and conflicting answers immediately put the deputies on high

alert. Sheriff Brad Cole stated his deputies had, quote, a gut feeling that something

wasn't quite right, end quote. That feeling was brutally confirmed. When officers pressed Derek

about his mom's condition, he remained silent, asked if she was still alive, the son delivered a chilling reply of, quote, he didn't think so, end quote.

Olling then told deputies his mom was in the guest house where they found Carolyn Olling's bloodied and beaten body.

Authorities say she had been bludgeoned repeatedly in the head and face with a scraping or gardening tool,

an attack so gruesome it caused multiple skull fractures.

Prosecutors described Alling's alleged actions as, quote, violent and gruesome.

According to court documents, Alling was the beneficiary of his mother's trust, and had been aggressively demanding access to the money.

Carolyn even had been secretly recording her son acting aggressively in the weeks leading up to her murder, a pattern corroborated by her husband. Derek Oling has been charged with

first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was booked into Christian County and is being

held without bond. He pleaded not guilty. His next court appearance is set for October 14th in

Christian County Circuit Court.

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