Father takes box cutter to son's back in Richland Hills, tells police, 'I shed some innocent blood'

Police say a father used a box cutter to carve a pentagram into the back of his young son Wednesday, then dialed 911 and told a dispatcher, "I shed some innocent blood."

When the dispatcher asked him why he did it, the man said, "It's a holy day," according to Richland Hills police.

Investigators also believe the father took his son's blood and smeared it on the sides and the top of the home's door frame -- much like in the Passover described in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Police arrested the father, Brent Troy Bartel, 39, (shown here) early Wednesday at his house in the 3700 block of Ruth Road.

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