Man admits beating his mother to death with wine bottles

RUTLAND — Roderick Geronimo looked straight ahead and showed no emotion as he admitted killing his 82-year-old mother by slamming a kitchen table into her chest and bashing her over the head with a pair of wine bottles.Geronimo, 55, who according to court records told police after the killing that he was “casting out the devil” he believed possessed his mother, pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter.
Roderick Geronimo pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Courtesy photoHe had been c