Delusional Son Kills Mom And Neighbour Because They Killed His Dad

Watch this police interrogation with intense raw interrogation from the interrogation room as police conduct a full interrogation of a suspect. This raw interrogation footage captures every moment of the suspect interview, complete with deception detection techniques, and criminal psychology in true JCS style interrogation. 1. The Background: Key people involved, their relationships, and the motive Defendant: Roger Albert Schweda, age 40 (at the time of the incident). Victims: Shari Schweda, age 70 (Roger’s mother); Thomas Farnsworth, age 57 (neighbor). Relationships: Roger lived with or at his mother’s home in Leoni Township, Michigan. Farnsworth was a nearby neighbor who received a message from Roger and attempted to assist by requesting a welfare check. Motive: No traditional personal, financial, or prior-dispute motive was reported. Court-appointed forensic evaluations determined Roger was experiencing a severe break from reality at the time (delusions including beliefs that China was attacking the U.S., that his mother was not actually his mother, and that the neighbor was coming to kill him). He had no prior recorded history of mental illness. Police noted no previous calls for service at the residence. 2. The Crime: Specific details of the event, including date, location, and any calculated planning or tampering Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024. Location: Residence in the 6900 block of Welch Lake Road, Leoni Township, Jackson County, Michigan (rural, wooded area). Sequence (per police): Roger fatally shot his mother inside the home. He then left a voicemail for neighbor Thomas Farnsworth stating that his mother was dead and he was unable to enter the home. Farnsworth called 911 at approximately 1:56 p.m. to request a welfare check and walked to the property while on the phone with dispatchers to confirm the address. While still on the call, Roger arrived/returned and fatally shot Farnsworth in the driveway. Roger then fled the scene in his mother’s vehicle. Planning/tampering: No extensive premeditation or evidence of tampering (such as staging or cleanup) was publicly detailed in court or police reports. The voicemail and subsequent flight in the victim’s vehicle were noted. The mother’s bedroom was described in police reports (referenced at arraignment) as a “gruesome scene,” but no further forensic details on method or post-act actions beyond the shooting and flight were released in the cited records. 3. The Investigation: Suspect behavior, key evidence found (digital or physical), and inconsistencies in stories Suspect behavior: After the shootings, Roger fled in his mother’s car. The vehicle was entered into a license-plate reader system as possibly stolen. It was located via Flock cameras traveling in the village of Brooklyn into Columbia Township. Columbia Township police attempted a stop; Roger fled a short distance before stopping and was arrested without further incident (assisted by a Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy). Key evidence: Bodies of both victims discovered by responding officers (Farnsworth in the driveway; Shari Schweda inside the home). 911 call audio captured a gunshot and Farnsworth becoming unresponsive. Voicemail left for Farnsworth. Vehicle tracking data. Statements by Roger during police and psychological interviews. Inconsistencies/statements: Roger made statements during interviews that were determined not based in reality (e.g., claims of a foreign attack that morning, denial that the victim was his mother, and assertion that the neighbor had come to kill him). No prior police history at the home. He was held without bond. 4. Conviction and Sentencing: Trial dates, specific verdicts for each defendant, and their final sentences Charges: Two counts of open murder and two counts of felony firearm (using a firearm to commit a felony). Court process: Arraigned December 9, 2024, in Jackson County. Initially referred for competency evaluation at the state Center for Forensic Psychiatry; found incompetent in January 2025 but restorable with medication. Later found competent while medicated. Waived preliminary examination (July 18, 2025), case bound over to circuit court. Defense filed notice of intent to pursue not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI). Case assigned to Jackson County Circuit Judge John McBain. Verdict: Found not guilty by reason of insanity (ruling that he was insane at the time of the offenses). Disposition/sentencing: On or about January 20, 2026, Judge McBain ordered Roger committed to the state-run Center for Forensic Psychiatry. He remains there indefinitely until mental-health professionals deem him fit for release. No criminal prison sentence was imposed because of the NGRI finding (he cannot be held criminally responsible but is subject to involuntary mental-health commitment). Court-appointed forensic psychologist Dr. Glenn Toplyn’s evaluation supported the insanity determination.