Indianapolis man beat mom with cast iron skillet, exposing her brain, police say

INDIANAPOLIS — Court documents filed against an Indianapolis man accused of violently assaulting his mother with a cast iron frying pan last month give gruesome details of how badly the woman was beaten.

Bobby Wayne Gibson Jr., 44, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, strangulation and auto theft, according to Marion County court records. A judge last week ordered him held in lieu of a $90,000 surety bond.

Gibson was also ordered to stay away from his mother, for whom an order of protection was granted, court records show.

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Gibson was arrested Sept. 25 after an anonymous tip led police to a vacant home, where he told officers his mother had given him her car, a silver Chevy Malibu, to sell for drugs, WRTV in Indianapolis reported.

Fox 59 reported that a SWAT standoff earlier in the day, which included tear gas and flash grenades, had failed to turn up the fugitive.

Gibson had been on the run since the day before, when police officers went to his mother's home and found her unresponsive and covered in blood, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by WRTV. The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

According to the affidavit, her injuries included "multiple skull and facial fractures, three lacerations in the head that penetrated to the skull, exposed brain matter due to a hole in the skull, four deep lacerations to the chest and a collapsed lung."

Her condition was not immediately available Friday afternoon.

Detectives who went to her home found blood spattered throughout the kitchen and living room, along with "broken glass, broken kitchen utensils and a bloody cast-iron frying pan with a broken handle," the document said. Blood was on the carpet, the telephone and the walls in both rooms.

Gibson's mother, who was able to speak to detectives at the hospital, told them an argument began when she spotted a bottle of vodka in her son's pocket and told him he was not allowed to drink in her home, WRTV reported. She told police she poured the vodka out and told her son, who has a criminal record, "The court needs to do something with you."

"You wanna lock me up? I'm gonna give you something to lock me up," she said Gibson responded, according to the affidavit.

The victim told detectives Gibson attacked her, choking her until she lost consciousness. When she came to, he was beating and kicking her and hitting her with pots and pans from the kitchen, the news station reported.

Gibson demanded her purse, so she told him where it was, and he left in her car, WRTV reported.

A silver car could be seen in photos taken by a Fox 59 reporter during the Sept. 25 SWAT situation on the city's south side. Authorities at the scene told the news station Gibson had forced his way into the home, where his wife was staying.

She fled the house and called 911, Fox 59 reported.

When the tear gas and flash grenades failed to get anyone to come outside, officers went in and found the house empty, the news station said.

Gibson was taken into custody a few hours later.

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