Man who tried to exorcise his father's ‘demon' as a teenager convicted of involuntary manslaughter

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Jack Callahan was 19 when he drowned his father, Scott Callahan, in a pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts, claiming he was baptizing the man to rid him of demons

A Massachusetts man who was 19 years old when he drowned his father in a Duxbury pond has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said Thursday Jack Callahan had been charged with murder, but that a jury found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter at the end of an eight-day trial. When police arrived at the home, they found the younger Callahan distraught and hyperventilating, authorities said. Police and fire crews responded to the pond to find Scott Callahan submerged. He was brought to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, where he was"He's a good kid," said Callahan's uncle, Bill Hall Jr."He's smart, he's nice. He's not a violent person.

 

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