A sheriff from Florida accused of killing his mother "definitely a sociopath"

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH / WFLA) – A teenager from Volusia County is accused of strangling his mother and then burying her body under a home in a DeBary church, deputies said.

According to officials from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Gregory Ramos, 15, confessed to killing Gail Cleavenger, 46, by strangling her at the family's home on the road to Alicante on Thursday night.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the murder seemed to stem from a dispute between the boy and his mother on Thursday night.

MPs said that he then used a wheelbarrow to load it into his van and buried it under a fire at the River City Church on East Highbanks Road on Friday morning.

Ramos told the detectives that he had used two friends to organize a robbery scene at the family's home.

The two friends, who are also minors, are in detention and face charges, said a deputy.

Ramos reported the robbery to deputies on Friday afternoon and said his mother was missing and that his van was still running in the alley.

MPs then confessed to the murder of his mother and involved his friends.

The deputies said they recovered items removed from the house during the burglary and found Cleavenger's body early Saturday morning.

Chitwood told reporters that Ramos was one of the "three best sociopaths" he'd ever met.

"Observing how cold, insensitive and calculating it was, was probably the most shocking thing for all of us," Chitwood said. "No sign of remorse whatsoever."

A detective who interviewed Ramos said that he was "very cold, calculated and very proud of what he did," according to the website.

The sheriff recommends that he be tried as an adult.