Shocking details in murder on Staten Island: Teen beheaded mother's boyfriend, scooped out brains with spoon

Precious details have begun to emerge in the gruesome murder of a sanitation worker by his girlfriend’s son. The teenager, from Staten Island in New York state, allegedly beheaded his mother’s live-in boyfriend, Anthony Casalaspro, and placed the victim’s brain in a blender, according to police sources. The incident was reported from a family home in West Brighton, Staten Island. Investigators said 19-year-old Damien Hurstel used a spoon to scoop up the victim’s remains after the murder. Authorities are still working to determine his motive as shocking details of the crime scene have emerged. The photo of the crime scene, obtained by New York Post, shows the 45-year-old victim’s body with a plastic soup spoon placed on his torso and his severed head lying nearby, a spoon protruding from it. “He had a very hard time separating fantasy from reality. He wasn’t sure what really happened,” said his lawyer Mark Fonte. Also read | ₹1.47 crore insurance payout, fake armed burglary”>UK woman plots with ex-Royal Marine lover to kill man for ₹1.47 crore insurance payout, fake armed burglary When asked why he thought he was in hospital after the murder, the boy said he thought he was in a fight there. I remember punching one in the face, but I’m not really sure that doesn’t happen I don’t know if it’s like something I’m imagining, or if it really happened.” After the incident, when his sister arrived at their home from school, the accused allegedly told his sister to “go to your room”. Ignoring the warnings, the girl followed the bloodstains across the floor and discovered her mother’s boyfriend’s body in the bathtub. He then asked her: “Do you want mother to live?” “Are you going to hurt mom?” asked his sister after seeing her blood soaked brother. “Do you want her to live?” she was asked by her brother, the accused. “Yes, please,” she told her brother. She then asked the defendant if she could leave the bathroom. Seizing the opportunity, she ran outside, hid in the bushes and called her mother, who rushed to the Cary Avenue home while NYPD officers worked the scene. While the boy has no criminal history, there are reports that suggest he has had some mental health issues – including schizophrenia.