Jury selection is set to begin for the Charlotte County teen accused of killing his mother on Monday.
The trial comes just over a year after Collin Griffith was found to have killed his father in self-defense in Oklahoma.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Griffith is accused of killing his mother , Catherine Griffith, 39, at his grandmother's home in Auburndale back in September of 2024.
Griffith was able to prove self-defense in the killing of his father, due to the fact he was treated poorly.
Griffith was not allowed to leave the farm they lived on and only fed one meal a day. It was also discovered that he suffered from PTSD and other mental health problems.
During a PCSO news conference, it was said that Collin and his mother had an “argument about chores,” leading him to run away to his grandmother’s home.
His grandmother was in the Florida Keys at the time.
On Sept. 8, Catherine drove to him after Collin refused to come home.
She arrived around 4 p.m. when neighbors said they saw the two arguing out front.
According to witnesses, Collin grabbed his mother by the hair and dragged her inside the home.
About two hours later, PCSO received a call from Collin stating, “he had a fight with his mom, and she is bleeding from the neck.”
PCSO said investigations revealed that Collin used a kitchen knife to stab his mother in the neck twice.
Deputies arrived on the scene where they say Collin immediately told them, “I know my rights, I want an attorney.”
Collin was arrested and is facing a first-degree murder charge. Judd said he was a part of a Charlotte County correctional program previously.
Deputies arrested Griffith at his home for domestic battery for hurting his mom in 2023. He spent the night in jail. But on his way home, this comment worried deputies.
“I'm trying to figure out why we would have a corporal at the jail that took you out, say that that you said, 'Don't put me in the car with her. I'm going to kill her,'” a deputy told Griffith.
He told those deputies that he wanted to be put in foster care.
“I'm in a constant state of fight or flight, and I don't know, if I think she's going to do something, even if she's not, I might act,” he said. “I'm not going to, like, go crazy or anything, but I'm not sure.”
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