A teenager, who decapitated his mother, has been charged with first-degree murder on Monday, after he called 911 to inform that he had killed his mother.

After beheading his mother, the suspect walked out the front door of her house holding her head in his hand while wielding a knife in the other.

The suspect was arrested without offering resistance and his 35-year-old mother’s body was found inside the home, County Sheriff's office said.

District Attorney Mike Waters said that officials were seeking a mental evaluation of the suspect. His public defender C. Boyd Sturges III spoke with him for an hour in the Franklin County jail.

"It does appear there's some substantial mental health issues involved in this case," Sturges said. "I'm not a doctor, so I can't really elaborate. He's a pretty profoundly disturbed young man."

Attorney Waters said due to the apparent mental state of the suspect, the case could go on for weeks and months to get the answer why it happened.

Waters said that the suspect was transferred to Central Prison in Raleigh. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 14th.

There were two young girls in the home who were unhurt. A fourth child was in school when the incident took place.

The names of the suspect and his mother were not clear. The local court records listed the suspect’s name as Oliver Funes Machada.

A neighbor, Leona Smith said that she was still trying to come to grips with such a horrible, which has happened so close by.

"It's very hurtful to know something like this can happen in your own neighborhood with such a quiet family with the standard white picket fence, trampoline, playground in the back," she said. "To see the two younger children sitting in the ditch crying, it was heartbreaking."

A group of people were at the house on Tuesday, loading a stroller and other belongings into two minivans. A neighbor said that the people in the group didn't want to talk, and they left after about 20 minutes.

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