{"id":52417,"date":"2026-04-30T08:59:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=52417"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:59:58","slug":"west-wilsons-cousin-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-their-grandmother-over-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/04\/30\/west-wilsons-cousin-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-their-grandmother-over-chores\/","title":{"rendered":"West Wilson’s cousin arrested for allegedly murdering their grandmother ‘over chores’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer House star West Wilson’s cousin has been arrested and charged for allegedly murdering their grandmother, according to the police.<\/p>\n

Authorities in Carroll County responded to reports of a shooting on April 22nd at 10:25 pm, according to the \u00a0Missouri State Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n

West’s grandmother, 75 year old Gayle Wilson was sadly found dead on the scene, with a statement confirming: “A witness on scene identified a male suspect, who was also still on scene. The male suspect was taken into custody without incident.”<\/p>\n

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The male suspect was later identified as West Wilson’s cousin, Dakota Sweeney, and he’s currently been charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action.<\/p>\n

According to the police reports, Dakota and another witness, later identified as his grandfather, were in the property when the police arrived.<\/p>\n

According to the police statement, his grandfather reportedly saw him sitting on a “couch next to victim one for approximately 30\u00a0minutes and without warning shot victim one in the head.”<\/p>\n

People also reported that his grandfather claimed that “earlier in the evening Sweeney and victim one\u00a0 had been in a disagreement about Sweeney not assisting with chores around the residence.\u201d Dakota was later found with a “holster” on him.<\/p>\n

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His grandfather claims he ‘shot her without warning’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":52424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1603],"class_list":["post-52417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-summer-house"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/04\/30\/west-wilsons-cousin-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-their-grandmother-over-chores\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"West Wilson’s cousin arrested for allegedly murdering their grandmother ‘over chores’","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/04\/30\/west-wilsons-cousin-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-their-grandmother-over-chores\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/04\/30\/west-wilsons-cousin-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-their-grandmother-over-chores\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-04-30T085550.023-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-04-30T085550.023.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["summer house"],"dateCreated":"2026-04-30T07:59:58Z","datePublished":"2026-04-30T07:59:58Z","dateModified":"2026-04-30T07:59:58Z"},"rendered":"