obtained by WINK News<\/a>.<\/p>\nBeemer initially called 911 from a Fort Myers home on Saturday and reported that he was suffering from chest pain \u2014 but as he was rushed to the hospital, officials received reports of a fire from the same residence.<\/p>\n
George Beemer allegedly confessed to shooting his mother then setting her on fire. Lee County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
Inside, firefighters discovered a \u201cseverely burned\u201d woman dead in the kitchen, according to charging documents.<\/p>\n
Beemer allegedly confessed to shooting his mother once before pouring gasoline around her body and lighting it, police said.<\/p>\n
He said his mom, who wasn\u2019t identified by cops, \u201cwanted to be cremated\u201d after she died.<\/p>\n
Beemer told police he decided to kill his mother after she mistreated him for years and alleged she had molested him \u2014 allegations family friends say are bogus.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s absolutely no way,\u201d a friend who did not want to share her name told WINK. \u201cNo, no, absolutely never, never, no. I can\u2019t buy it. I will never buy it. He\u2019s using it as a defense mechanism to think that there\u2019s any remote chance that this was justified.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind of drugs was he on that day?\u201d the friend said she immediately wondered after hearing the horrific news.<\/p>\n
Beemer faces charges of second-degree murder, first-degree arson and abuse of a dead body Lee County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
Beemer was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree arson and abuse of a dead body. <\/p>\n
He is being held at the Lee County Jail, according to jail records.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just completely shocked,\u201d Beemer\u2019s former classmate Madison Edwards said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised that he ended up in jail. I was just very surprised as to the reason why.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sheriff Carmine Marceno described it as \u201cone of the most horrific acts of violence imaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beemer allegedly confessed to shooting his mom before pouring gasoline around her body.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cruelty in this case is beyond comprehension, and I am incredibly proud of the swift, coordinated response by our deputies, fire and EMS personnel and Major crimes detectives whose relentless work uncovered the truth and justice began without delay,\u201d Marceno said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy prayers remain with the victim and loved ones as they begin to process this unimaginable tragedy. They deserve answers and we will continue working tirelessly to provide them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Post has reached out to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida man allegedly confessed to shooting his mother then setting her on fire because she \u201cwanted to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,28,30,29,49915,4538,6889,4278],"class_list":["post-356881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-moms","tag-murders","tag-shootings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}