Andrey Demskiy, Sacramento, Californis dad arrested beheading 1 year old son, Micah Demskiy after fight with boy’s mom, Angelina Vinnikova and her mother.
A Sacramento area father has been arrested for beheading his one-year-old son in in California.
Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and charged by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Friday – following what relatives called ‘a devastating chain of events.’
Investigators from the sheriff’s office described the boy’s beheading as one of the worst they had ever seen, after being called to a home along Versailles Way and Lamure Court around 4:15am.
Domestic disturbance between Sacramento man, the victim’s mother and mother in law
Responding to a call of a domestic disturbance between Demskiy and the boy’s mother, the suspect at first would not let them in, cops said.
Deputies then learned that Demskiy had thrown the child, leading them to force entry, Public Information Officer Amar Gandhi said.
When they got inside, there was a struggle, the top cop confirmed in several statements – framing the fight as being between deputies and Demskiy, and ‘physical’ in nature.
It led to Demskiy being detained, Gandhi said – adding how it also allowed deputies to enter a bedroom where the youngster was believed to be.
There, officers found the small child later identified by the family as Micah Demskiy, deceased. Recalling how deputies found the boy beheaded, at the hands of the boy’s father with a knife, his severed head recovered in the bedroom.
Gandhi called the incident one of the worst the department had ever seen.
‘For this family who has got to pick up the pieces and go on – I mean, their world is shattered,’ Gandhi told KCRA-3 outside the cordoned-off home Saturday.
He said two women had been inside, the boy’s mother, Angelina Vinnikova, and Demskiy’s mother-in-law, were able to get outside prior to the physical altercation.
The mother-in-law was also assaulted by the suspect, cops said.
She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Gandhi said. He added that deputies had been ‘visibly shaken’ after detaining Demskiy, whom he said ‘refused to answer the door and surrender peacefully.’
Sacramento father had married boy’s mother in 2022
Once the ‘uncooperative’ and ‘physically resistive’ suspect was subdued, cops booked Demskiy into the Sacramento County Main Jail, where he remains in custody,’ the SCSO wrote.
He is ineligible for bail, the office added. Jail records show the father being charged with three felonies; assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, corporal injury to a spouse, and murder.
Gandhi said the sheriff’s office is also working to provide resources to aid Vinnikova, who, according to her social media, married Demskiy in August, 2022.
The one year old victim was remembered as a ‘kind and joyful soul’ by loved ones in a newly launched GoFundMe page, which, as of Sunday night had raised $66,946.
‘The sweet little boy was a kind and joyful soul, loving all people and especially dogs,’ wrote organizer Lilli Eirikh, calling Micah ‘our sweet boy,’
‘His kind heart and beautiful smile warmed the hearts of everyone he came in contact with.
‘He loved his family and especially his mama,’ she added. ‘He loved being with family, going to the park, and singing hymns with his family.’
Demskiy is slated to appear in court on December 24. He has no criminal history, officials said.
WKYC reported that a memorial has since been made outside of the child’s home, featuring flowers, teddy bears and candles.
