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PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WBZ) A 19-year-old man who allegedly believed he was exorcising demons from his father before his death in a Duxbury pond has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. Jack Callahan was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to a murder charge Tuesday in Plymouth District Court.
Police said Callahan went to a bar in Boston Sunday night to get his father, 57-year-old Scott Callahan, who wasn’t supposed to be drinking. An Uber picked them up and dropped them off at Island Creek Pond in Crocker Park near their home in Duxbury.
Updated: Jun 29 2021, 23:14 ET
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A TEENAGER drowned his father while attempting to baptize him in a pond to rid him of an alcoholic demon he called Dirty Dan , prosecutors say.
Jack Callahan, 19, was taken into custody in Duxbury, Massachusetts on Monday just hours after his mother called police to report his father, Scott Callahan, 57, missing at 2am.
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His father, Scott Callahan, was found dead in the Island Creek Pond in Crocker ParkCredit: WCBV
Police said Callahan had gone to a bar in Boston to collect his father who wasn t supposed to be drinking.
An Uber picked the pair up and dropped them off at Island Creek Pond in Crocker Memorial Park, near his home.
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DUXBURY, MA A 19-year-old from Duxbury was charged with murder after his father was pulled from a local pond.
Authorities said Jack Callahan was arrested Monday. Multiple outlets reported he has been charged with murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
Scott Callahan, 57, was pulled from Island Creek Pond early Monday morning. Jack Callahan is the one who reported him missing around 2 a.m., police said. Scott Callahan was brought to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, where he was later pronounced dead.
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