96-year-old woman found dead in Roxborough suffered 'blunt force trauma' injuries: Police
Sources tell Action News the victim's own son has been taken into custody and is being questioned by police.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Sources tell Action News the son of a 96-year-old woman is being questioned after she was found dead inside her Philadelphia home on Sunday.
The woman's body was discovered around 1:09 p.m. on the 4200 block of Houghton Street in the city's Roxborough section.
Police say the 96-year-old woman was found in the living room suffering from blunt force trauma injuries to her head and body.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sources tell Action News the victim's son was taken into custody and is being questioned in connection with his mother's death.
The circumstances surrounding the homicide have not been released.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.
