During interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime and told the officers he had inherited the reptile from the grandfather.
The officers found the body lying face down with several deep cuts on the head.
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During the interrogation, the accused said his father used to harass his wife on a regular basis after he got drunk.
The images were taken at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in Singapore on Saturday night.
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The man was found lying in a pool of blood at the entrance of his home with several stab wounds to his torso.
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Fearing the man would harm his mother, the teen picked up an iron bar and struck his stepfather on the head.
Reeling from decades of economic mismanagement, Zimbabwe is banking on gold to shore up revenue and tackle the upshots of rampant hyperinflation, corruption and coronavirus restrictions.
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