A judge ruled that there was enough evidence against a Moody man accused of shooting his parents to death to be bound over to a grand jury.

The case involves 24-year-old Adrian Edward Glass, of 842 James Taylor Road in Moody, who after being nabbed by officers in South Dakota, wrote a statement claiming that he killed his parents, Jimmie Edward Glass, 51, and Jackie Denise Glass, 49.

Sgt. David Scott of the Moody Police Department testified before District Judge Phillip Seay that officers were called to the Glass residence on Friday, July 31 after being asked to check on the welfare of the couple.

Officers broke a window on the rear door of the residence to gain entry. Sgt. Scott testified that upon his arrival at the residence, the responding officers informed him that there were two bodies inside.

The sergeant was led to the master bedroom entryway. “The house was very cold,” Sgt. Scott testified. The temperature of the house had been lowed to 50 degrees.

The Alabama Department of Forensics was called in to process the scene. Sgt. Scott testified that the couple was found to have died from injuries incurred from multiple gunshot wounds.

A family member at the scene informed authorities that Adrian Glass’ Toyota pickup was not at the residence. Adrian lived at the home with his parents.

A manhunt ensued in the following days and Glass was eventually apprehended on August 5 during Bike Week in South Dakota. He had run out of cash and began using his bank account, which is how authorities were able to track him down.

He was interviewed by members of the Moody Police Department and then extradited back to St. Clair County by plane.

In interviews conducted in South Dakota and back in Alabama, it was revealed that Adrian Glass was in credit card debt. He also wrote in a statement that the combination of alcohol, unemployment, a t-shirt given to him by his mother and “sarcastic” comments she had made to him contributed to his actions.

The t-shirt read: “My parents said I could become anything. So I became an ***hole.”

After his initial interview in South Dakota, Glass submitted a written statement to St. Clair authorities that outlined what happened the night of July 28.

What follows is Glass’ statement he wrote in South Dakota. It is transcribed from Sgt. Scott’s testimony. During his testimony, Sgt. Scott was asked by District Attorney Richard Minor to read the three-page statement to the court:

“I got up early Tuesday morning like normal. Dad was working around the house that morning. Mama was washing clothes and cleaning. I had a glass of tea. I went and put my contacts in and started helping Dad. The day was going like normal. I had to talk to Mama about filing unemployment because work had been slow for myself and Dad. That afternoon Dad went and bought some tequila and other liquor for himself and Mama.

“That night I had a couple of shots of tequila. About an hour or so after I had the shots Dad asked me to leave for a while so that he and Mama could be alone because her birthday was the next day. I got ready real quick and left and went to Bobby’s Lounge in Moody. I had four or five beers there and left and went to The Office Lounge in Leeds. There I had two beers, two shots of Jim Beam and one shot of Crown Royal. I left there and went [back] to Bobby’s. I had another four or five beers.

“I left there around 11:15 p.m. That’s about when all the anger and expression all started [inaudible] in my head. I walked passed the gun cabinet.

“With all the anger and alcohol mixed, I reached my hand up through the bottom part of the cabinet door and pulled out the first .22 rifle. It did not have the bolt in it. I reached up again and pulled out the semi-automatic .22. I knew it did not work. I reached in again and grabbed the bolt action .22. I unloaded the semi-automatic .22 and loaded the bolt action .22. I turned and walked down to my mom and dad’s room.

“I pointed the gun toward, I believe, Mom first and started firing the bolt action. I believe I struck Mom first and second [inaudible]. I raised the gun and caught Dad under the right armpit, I believe. I turned, walked back into the living room. Put the gun down in the recliner. I walked back into the bedroom to the closet, grabbed Mom’s purse and removed $500 cash, walked back out [and] grabbed the gun up out of the recliner, went into my room, placed my things by my bed, grabbed a bag [and] in a scared, drunk mode started grabbing clothes and throwing them into the bag.

“I took the phone off the hook, changed shirts, grabbed my bag and headed toward the door. I can’t remember if I locked it or not. I got in my truck and left scared and drunk. I stopped at the Raceway in Moody. Bought gas with cash. Got onto I-20 West…”

It was at that point that Glass went on his eight-day, 11-state flight from St. Clair County. He traveled to Mississippi and stopped at a motel in Meridian on July 28 in the wee hours of the morning. But he couldn’t sleep, even though Glass wrote in his statement that he felt as though he was about to pass out.

Hours later he went down toward New Orleans, traveled over Lake Pontchartrain and paid cash for a room on the eastern side of the city. He stayed overnight and didn’t sleep well.

He traveled back through Mississippi to West Memphis, Arkansas, a seven-hour drive from New Orleans, and again paid cash for a room at a motel. According to his statement, he was up all night with headaches and sick to his stomach, haunted by the memory of what had transpired two nights before. “Every time that night I thought about the scream I think my Mom made,” Glass’s statement read. “It still gives me chills every time I think I can hear it.”

Sgt. Scott testified that there was an air of relief to Glass when he sat down for his initial interview in South Dakota. He testified that Glass’ bottom lip “was shaking like crazy.”

Sgt. Scott was asked by Glass’ appointed lawyers, Sara Brazzalotto and James “Peter” Finley, what people who were interviewed by investigators had said about Glass.

Some of the interviews revealed that he was “a real nice guy,” Sgt. Scott told the court. “Some of the interviewees [said he was a] ‘very good drinker,’ others said ‘sometimes he had a quick temper.’” Most of the time authorities hear “He was okay.”

Glass wrote in his statement that he hoped that some day his remaining family members might forgive him. “I will accept my punishment like a man and that’s one thing I agree I should do,” read Sgt. Scott from Glass’ statement. “I did one of the awfullest crimes anyone can think of. I fully regret robbing myself and my family of two loving, kind, who-would-do-anything-for-me people, my mother, Denise, and my father.”

Glass, who sat silently during the entire proceeding, remains in custody without bond.