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We have a horrifying story to report out of Tennessee, and we’d like to caution you in advance that this article contains grisly details of an especially heinous crime.

Two men — Gabriel Vilchez, 18, and David Gardiner, 64 — have been arrested in connection with the death of Silvia Vilchez, 47.

The victim’s body was found near her home on October 30, two days after she was reported missing.

Police say Gabriel confessed to beating his mother to death with a baseball bat and disposing of her remains.

Vilchez says Gardniner, his stepfather, was an accomplice in the murder.

Gardiner, however, claims that he slept through the attack and had no knowledge of the murder until his wife’s body was found.

At a hearing held earlier this week , Detective Ryan Wilkey

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