'I was devastated, absolutely devastated, and I can't even stop thinking about it.' Police said that Beemer's friend told them he had admitted to killing his mother and lighting the home on fire. Beemer allegedly told police that his mother molested him and that he had had enough the day he killed her. A friend of the mother told WINK-TV there's no truth to the allegation. "I was devastated, absolutely devastated, and I can't even stop thinking about it," the friend added.