article_snippet.sent: Charged: This picture shows Melanie Davis in 2012 when Melanie Davis was arrested aged 15 for the murder of his mother Melanie Davis and attempted murder of Melanie Davis .
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis was fifteen when Melanie Davis bludgeoned Melanie Davis 's skull 12 times as his mother slept and then set Melanie Davis family home ablaze in an effort to also kill Melanie Davis elder sibling Josh.
article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday, a court in Hendersonville heard how Melanie Davis, now 17, laughed as Melanie Davis killed Melanie Davis in August 2012, leaving his mother bloodied and unrecognizable before fleeing.
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated arson and a court in Hendersonville was shown gruesome images of the crime scene as Melanie Davis trial began on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: According to prosecutors, Melanie Davis, Melanie Davis mother and brother went to see the comedy movie, The Campaign on August 10 and then returned home.
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis went to sleep at 9pm, 'not knowing that Melanie Davis was planning something sinister, something unspeakable.'
article_snippet.sent: In testimony given to a court in Hendersonville by Major Don Linzy, Chief of Detectives at the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, Melanie Davis confessed after Melanie Davis was apprehended at a convenience store eight miles away, having fled the crime scene. '
article_snippet.sent: Yes, Melanie Davis, I killed my mom in my mom sleep with a sledgehammer,' Linzy told a court in Hendersonville on Tuesday according to the Tennessean.
article_snippet.sent: Linzy said that during Linzy interview Melanie Davis was asked why Linzy killed Linzy mother with a sledgehammer and replied, 'I was worried that I'd miss,' and that using that type of weapon gave Linzy the 'highest chance of killing his mother.'
article_snippet.sent: Battered: The teen's single mother Melanie Davis, 46, was killed with a sledgehammer while his mother was sleeping in his mother bed .
article_snippet.sent: Shockingly, Melanie Davis told Linzy during Melanie Davis confession that Melanie Davis Melanie Davis laughed out loud for no reason Melanie Davis could remember during Melanie Davis frenzied attack.
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis also said Melanie Davis only had one regret from that night, 'I would probably kill Josh with a sledgehammer too.'
article_snippet.sent: However, during Melanie Davis interrogation, Melanie Davis did tell police why Melanie Davis brutally killed his mother and tried to kill Melanie Davis brother by burning down the house.
article_snippet.sent: We started a child protective team to see if it happened,' Melanie Davis said according to the Tennessean. '
article_snippet.sent: Mental illness: Melanie Davis legal team admit that Zachary Davis legal team client burned Melanie Davis own house down and killed his mother but was suffering delusions at the time .
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis told the prosecution that Melanie Davis and Zach were close and said that until the shocking murder his family were all close.
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis said that Melanie Davis, Zach and his mother had bonded after the death from he, Zach and his mother father from ALS in 2007 and the first Melanie Davis knew of his brother's murderous intentions was on the evening of August 10.
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis told court Melanie Davis awoke to the sound of the smoke alarm and ran to his mother's room but found his mother's room was locked.
article_snippet.sent: Melanie Davis said Melanie Davis broke the door down to find his mother dead and ran to Melanie Davis neighbors' home for safety.
article_snippet.sent: Sumner County District Attorney Ray Whitley said that on the night of August 10, Davis packed a backpack with notebooks, a toothbrush, gloves, a ski mask and a clawhammer and readied Melanie Davis.
article_snippet.sent: On the night of August 10 Davis allegedly attacked his mother before moving upstairs into their home's game room, pictured, where Melanie Davis lit a fire, hoping to kill his brother as well .
article_snippet.sent: Davis had planned and intended to kill Davis mother and brother, and tonight was the night,' said Sumner County District Attorney Ray Whitley according to the Tennessean.
article_snippet.sent: I saw immediately that there had been significant trauma to Melanie Davis' skull,' A volunteer firefighter, Winton Batson said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Brutally bludgeoned Melanie Davis to death in Melanie Davis own bed in August 2012 .
  