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WEBVTT WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ EXPLAINS THE MOTHER WANTS THE PICTURES RELEASED, BECAUSE SHE SAYS MENTAL HEALTH IS AT THE ROOT OF THE ATTACK CLAIRE: SUSPECT ROBERT EDDINGTON SWORE TO TELL THE TRUTH, BUT DIDN’T SPEAK AGAIN AS A JUDGE ORDERED HIM HELD WITHOUT BOND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. >> THE FACTS ARE SO SERIOUS, I DON’T FEEL THERE ARE ANY CONDITIONS THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING HIM RELEASED. CLAIRE: THESE PICTURES, RELEASED TO WESH 2 NEWS BY THE VICTIM, EDDINGTON’S MOTHER, SUGGEST JUST HOW SERIOUS THE ATTACK WAS. HER EYES ARE SWOLLEN SHUT, SHE IS MISSING TEETH, AND HAS STAPLES IN HER HEA. THE VICTIM SAID SHE INVITED HER SON OVER FOR LUNCH AT HER HOME ON A1A IN WILBUR BY THE SEA. EDDINGTON ALLEGEDLY CAME UP FROM BEHIND HER, AND ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, PUNCHED HER IN THE HEAD, SLAMMED HER HEAD INTO A WINDOW, AND PROCEEDED TO PEPPER SPRAY HER IN THE FACE. AS THE VICTIM FRUITLESSLY TRIED TO DEFEND HERSELF, EDDINGTON ALLEGEDLY PULLED OUT A POCKET KNIFE AND ATTEMPTED TO STAB HER IN THE EARS, THEN STARTED KICKING HER AND STOMPING ON HER HEAD. >> I HAVE A BEATEN UP PERSON ON THE FLOOR. >> WHO BEAT HER UP? >> I BEAT HER UP. >> YOU BEAT HER UP? >> YEAH. CLAIRE: IT WAS THE SUSPECT WHO CALLED 911 AS THE VICTIM IS HEARD WHIMPERING IN THE BACKGROUND. >> I PEPPER SPRAYED HER IN THE FACE. IT HAD TO BE DONE. CLAIRE: EDDINGTON ALLEGEDLY MADE MORE BIZARRE COMMENTS TO THE OPERATOR, AND TO DEPUTIES RESPONDING TO THE SCENE. IN THEIR REPORT, DEPUTIES SAY HE TOLD THEM HE BEAT HIS MOTHER, THEN PEPPER SPRAYED HER, AND TRIED TO ZIP TIE HER HANDS BECAUSE SHE WAS A NARCISSIST. IN ADDITION TO NO BOND, THE JUDGE ORDERED EDDINGTON MUST ALSO UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH EXAM. JIM: THE VICTIM TELLS US SHE’S TERRIFIED OF HER SON, AFRAID THAT IF HE GETS OUT, H

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