LYNN, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — The Essex County District Attorney has arrested a Lynn man with the murder of his elderly mother.
Lynn Police and Fire responded to a call about a dead woman on Jenness Street at around 8:00 PM on Friday night. Police said the woman's body had multiple injuries.
The D.A. later identified the woman as 80-year-old Catherine Paratore.
Her son, Alfredo Paratore, lives at the same address — the D.A. said he was later arrested and charged with Catherine Paratore's murder.
WBZ-TV's I-Team reports that Paratore's body had been in the home for days before police found her.
Paratore will be arraigned on Monday.
WBZ's Art Cohen (@artcohenboston) reports:
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