Cops find Jeffrey Surgent, 46, ‘lying naked on top of his 74-year-old mom’s decapitated body after he killed her and threw her head out of the window’

A New Jersey man has been charged with murder after allegedly lying naked on his mother's decapitated corpse.

Jeffrey Surgent, 46, called police at 4pm on December 8 and told them he had killed his mother, adding that he has mental health problems.

Upon arriving at Surgent's Ocean City apartment, they found him naked and on top of 74-year-old Alexandria Surgent.

Her head was found in the hallway outside his apartment. Police said in court documents that security footage from the building showed the head being thrown out the door.

He was taken into custody and started shouting that he was sorry for killing his mother. Documents say he sang “Jesus loves me” as he was led away.

He was transported to a secure medical facility, according to a news release from the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office. He was being held at the Cape May County Jail on Wednesday, records show.

A GoFundMe page set up by Alexandria's relatives to cover funeral costs, which had raised more than $7,200 at the time of publication, said she was “the greatest grandmother in the world” who “lived with us and helped us with our daily activities. lives.'

The family told local media that Alexandria was visiting her son on the day of her death.

Neighbors in the building said they were shocked by the news.

Janice Powers described a visit to her father at the ABC7 Chicago building.

“I went to do laundry and it's on the second floor, and they had everything cordoned off and blankets. I thought, “Oh my God,” she said.

Ms. Powers added that she had met Surgent during her visits.

“We went to a barbecue,” Mrs. Powers recalled. “He just played with the kids and he was really nice. I don't know what to say. It was weird.'