Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder

Tina Dirmann

Oct 2016 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Gabra Zackman

About this audiobook

An Abusive Mother Raised in the suburb of Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Jason Bautista endured for years his emotionally disturbed mother's verbal and psychological abuse. She even locked him out of the house, tied him up with electrical cord, and on one occasion, gave him a beating that sent him to the emergency room. A Son's Revenge On the night of January 14, 2003, Jason strangled his mother. To keep authorities from identifying her body, he chopped off her head and hands, an idea he claimed he got from watching an episode of the hit TV series The Sopranos. Jason's fifteen-year-old half brother, Matthew, would later testify in court that he sat in another room in the house with the TV volume turned up while Jason murdered their mother. A Crime That Would Bond Two Brothers The morning following the murder, Matthew went to school, and Jason returned to his classes at Cal State San Bernardino. When authorities zeroed in on them, Jason lied and said that his mother had run off with a boyfriend she'd met on the Internet. But when police confronted the boys with overwhelming evidence, Jason confessed all. Now the nightmare was only just beginning for him . . .

About the author

Tina Dirmann is a feature writer, investigative journalist, and nonfiction author. A former senior staff reporter for Us Weekly, she is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Orange Coast Magazine, and USA Today, as well as several international magazines, including OK! (England) and Grazia (Australia).

Gabra Zackman is the award-winning narrator of over 300 audiobooks. She has been in the business since 2004, when she started recording for the National Library Service for the Blind. A classically trained actress, Gabra has appeared in theaters all over the country as well as on film and television.