Brycen Caudill was sixteen years old when he would murder his mother in Ohio. According to prosecutors Brycen Caudill would attack his mother before school, beating the woman with a bat and stabbing her several times. The woman was able to get to a neighbors home however she would die from her injuries. Brycen Caudill would flee the scene and would walk for over ten miles before this teen killer would turn himself over to authorities. Brycen Caudill would be sentenced to life in prison however is eligible for parole after fifteen years. He would plead guilty to murder and domestic violence
Brycen Caudill 2023 Information
Number A776132
DOB 01/31/2003
Gender Male
Race White
Admission Date 06/04/2020
Institution Ross Correctional Institution
Status INCARCERATED
Brycen Caudill More News
Brycen Caudill, 17, DeGraff, pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to murder before Logan County Common Pleas Court Judge Kevin Braig.
Brycen was arrested Aug. 16 for the murder of his 36-year-old mother Crystal Caudill at their 207 E. Main St., DeGraff, residence.
Law enforcement reports indicate the teen attacked and stabbed his mother multiple times with a wooden baseball bat and knife in her bedroom before school, around 7 a.m.
Crystal Caudill was able to run away to a nearby property, and it was a neighbor that contacted authorities. She was pronounced dead at Mary Rutan Hospital.
Brycen fled the scene, and traveled more than 10 miles on foot to a residence at 10029 Trestle Road, St. Paris, where he eventually turned himself in to authorities. Deputies from the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call, and the teen was taken into custody at that location.
In October, the defendant was charged with murder, felonious assault and domestic violence in Logan County Juvenile Court. His case was later bound over to adult court because of the nature of the charges.
Logan County Prosecutor Eric Stewart said the defendant will only be indicted on the murder charge as the result of a plea agreement.
Brycen, who has been lodged in the Logan County Juvenile Detention Center since his arrest, will be sentenced at 9 a.m. on April 30.
He faces 15 years to life in prison.
Brycen Caudill Other News
A high school student received a maximum sentence Thursday before Logan County Common Pleas Court Judge Kevin Braig for the August murder of his mother at their DeGraff home.
Brycen Caudill, 16, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for one count of murder.
He was ordered to pay restitution and and will have to enroll in Ohio’s violent offender database, which requires him to report his address within 10 days of his release from prison, and every year for a period of 10 years.
Brycen has also been credited with 259 days of jail credit. He pleaded guilty to the charge in March.
Brycen was arrested Aug. 16 for the alleged murder of his 36-year-old mother Crystal Caudill at their home at 207 E. Main St. residence.
Law enforcement reports indicate the teen attacked and stabbed his mother multiple times with a wooden baseball bat and knife in her bedroom before school, around 7 a.m.
Caudill was able to run away to a nearby property, and it was a neighbor that contacted authorities. She was pronounced dead at Mary Rutan Hospital.
Brycen fled the scene, and traveled more than 10 miles on foot to a residence at 10029 Trestle Road, St. Paris, where he eventually turned himself in. Deputies from the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call, and the teen was taken into custody at that location.
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Brycen Caudill is currently incarcerated at the Ross Correctional Institute
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Brycen Caudill is serving a life sentence however is eligible for parole in 2034