The boy had his PlayStation system confiscated as punishment for an undisclosed trespass and got into an argument with his mother, Rashida. He did what any ordinary lunatic would do and resolved to kill her in her sleep with a hammer. She survived after getting hit 20 times with a claw hammer, and Kendall tried to finish the job with a "cremation" in the kitchen oven. The Hansel & Gretel approach also failed to end the job, so he decided to drop the clever shit and beat her to death with a chair leg. Classy. "If I could, I would not do it again. I really miss my mom ... she was the only person who cared for me," said the killer, after confessing the murder to Philadelphia Police. He has been charged with murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and abuse of a corpse. More Details If you're not keen on hearing of video game related violence -- particularly the especially grisly sort, I recommend you read no further. A quite obviously mental 16 year old boy has confessed to murdering his mother in a most gruesome manner. Why? She took away his Playstation as means of punishment; a chastening that would prove to be fatal. After a heated, 90 minute argument with his mother, Rashida Anderson, 16 year old Kendall Anderson snuck in to her bedroom and bludgeoned her with a a claw hammer in her sleep. When the 20 or so brutal strikes failed to kill her, he dragged her downstairs and tried to cremate her in the kitchen oven. When that too failed, he savagely beat her to death with a the leg of her chair. HE then tried to hide her broken body in an alley behind his house. Philadelphia police homicide detective Thorsten Lucke, reading the boy's confession said the boy showed some remorse, saying If I could, I would not do it again. I really miss my mom . . . she was the only person who cared for me
