{"id":49639,"date":"2024-09-11T17:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=49639"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:55:09","slug":"teenager-accused-of-murdering-mother-with-knife-in-auburndale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/09\/11\/teenager-accused-of-murdering-mother-with-knife-in-auburndale\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager accused of murdering mother with knife in Auburndale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced Wednesday that a teenager has been charged in the murder of his mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collin Griffith, 17, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and violation of a no-contact order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Griffith called 911 on Sunday and claimed that during an argument, his mother had lunged at him with a knife and fell on the knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"6c625c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6c625c;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"397\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-61-14.png?resize=682%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49640 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-61-14.png?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-61-14.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When first responders arrived at the scene, his mother, 39-year-old Catherine Griffith, was discovered and pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to witnesses, there was a verbal altercation between Collin and his mother outside of a home. They witnessed Collin grab his mother by the hair and drag her inside the home. According to the witnesses, Catherine pleaded with Collin to \u201clet me go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A medical examination determined that the deep stab wound was inconsistent with an accidental injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpolkcountysheriff%2Fvideos%2F512777998117463%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not Collin\u2019s first time being accused of committing a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collin\u2019s grandmother revealed that Collin had been arrested in the shooting death of his father in Oklahoma in Feb. 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collin was charged with the incident with his father, but the charges were dropped. In Nov. 2023, Collin was charged in Charlotte County with domestic violence battery against his mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced Wednesday that a teenager has been charged in the murder of his mother. 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