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In a horrific case of domestic violence, an 18-year-old man and his stepfather have been charged with murder after the teenage boy allegedly beat his mother to death while his stepfather watched, before the pair burned her body in a fire pit on their family property. Gabriel Vilchez and his 64-year-old stepfather, David Gardiner, appeared in court charged with the murder and abuse of a corpse of Silvia Vilchez. The charges follow the discovery of the woman's charred remains on the family's property in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. A Deceptive Story and a Gruesome Discovery The investigation began after concerned friends of Silvia Vilchez contacted police about her unexplained disappearance. When officers arrived at the family home, both Gabriel Vilchez and David Gardiner allegedly claimed Silvia had traveled to her native Costa Rica. Authorities, finding the story suspicious, obtained a search warrant. During the search, they made a gruesome ...