Rocket scientist charged in brutal ice ax murder of father – sparking deadly rampage on US election night

In a shocking turn of events, space rocket program manager Corey Burke brutally murdered His father with an ice ax following an election night dispute at their Seattle home, according to one report.

Corey Burke, 33, attacked his father, Timothy Burke, 67, after an argument about keeping the lights off on US Election Day, according to police and court documents cited by The New York Post.

The argument escalated and Burke was accused of strangling his father, biting him and hitting him repeatedly with an ice axe, the report said. Police said the report described the act as an “act of liberation” meant to “help people change their attachment to their parents.”

Authorities found Burke “clapping” and “covered in blood” with broken windows throughout the house, according to The Post.

Burke told police that the immense stress of her father’s refusal to turn off the lights and President-elect Donald Trump’s expected victory over Vice President Kamala Harris pushed her over the edge.

Burke, who shares Seattle United StatesAccording to the news, the police officer who was at home with his father allegedly confessed during his interrogation by saying “I killed him.” He is being held on $2 million bail and is charged with first-degree murder.