Investigators found Pamela Daughtry, 52, tried to text her daughter, Kristen Daughtry, about 1:30 p.m. to ask her to come to the house in the 11500 block of Monument Ridge Drive because Mitchell Daughtry was angry, Gallaher said...
the familys safe, where kitchen knives were stored because Mitchell Daughtry had been suicidal in the past, had been broken into and their Volvo sport-utility vehicle was missing...
After a missing-child alert was issued, Mitchell Daughtry started to contact friends and family to let them know he was traveling toward Miami. That was around 7 p.m., Gallaher said, and some of the text messages indicated he had killed his mother earlier in the day...
the investigation revealed Mitchell Daughtry may have been angry because his father was facing criminal charges.
Barry Douglas Daughtry had a pre-trial hearing on his charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of someone younger than 12 the day after his wifes body was found, according to jail records.
Gallaher said Mitchell Daughtry is not a victim in those crimes.