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Ex-prosecutor accused of killing his mother with crowbar near Lake Worth

A 49-year-old former prosecutor attacked his father and beat his mother to death with a crowbar inside their home near Lake Worth, deputies said.

Thomas Schnieders II was arrested early Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.

According to an arrest report, Schnieders lived with his mother and father, Delena Schnieders and Thomas Schnieders Sr. in the 5500 block of Lake Shore Village Circle. The couple was getting ready to go to church early Tuesday when they were attacked by their son, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's arrest report. Deputies arrived at the house just after 10:45 p.