A 20-year-old boy, identified as Eyitoluwa Olayeye, has been arrested and charged in the killing of his mother, 48-year-old Kehinde Olayeye, in a downtown hotel in Austin, Texas.
A witness staying at the hotel told police he heard a woman running through the hallways banging on doors screaming “Let me in,” before he heard her being dragged back past his room.
The victim’s sister told police the two of them had flown to Austin from Georgia to visit Eyitoluwa.
According to her, at the airport, they received a call from doctors at Dell Seton Medical Center asking if their family had a history of mental illness, which they denied.
In an interview with police, Eyitoluwa denied remembering the ordeal, explaining that after class on Tuesday, he went to the UT tower to pray. He said he remembers praying but the next thing he knew he was in an ambulance headed to the hospital
Furthermore, he told police he remembers his mother standing over him praying, and the next thing he knew he was in the back of a police cruiser
According to the police affidavit, when told his mother was dead, he said he must have been the one who killed her since no one else was in the room. He said he did not have a reason to kill his mom.
Eyitoluwa said doctors asked him if he was diagnosed as bipolar or manic because he is suspected of suffering mental illness.
