A 37-year-old man has been arrested accused of killing his 68-year-old mother this morning in Valencia, sources from the National Police have reported to EFE.
The parricide occurred around 1:30 p.m. at a home in Valencia, although the sources have not specified the circumstances in which the death occurred and that the summary secrecy has been decreed.
As reported by Levante-EMV, the events occurred in the Valencian neighborhood of San Marcelino and the detainee apparently hit the woman with a broom and later strangled her, facts that will have to be confirmed with the results of the investigation. the autopsy that will be performed at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia.
According to Levante’s information, the detainee was under medication and will have to be evaluated by forensic experts in psychiatry to find out whether or not he was aware of his actions.