Police in New Jersey have arrested Breanna Beacham of Willingboro after she allegedly murdered her own mother. The details of this developing story are still coming to the public in bits and pieces, but according to arresting documents, the 32-year-old has been charged in association with the murder -- which took place on Monday. Fox News 29 reports that police responded to a residence in Willingboro on a call that an assault was in progress. When they arrived, it was already too late. Fifty-seven-year-old Kim Beacham-Hanson was found unresponsive at the scene. She had been bludgeoned to death, and her daughter was immediately taken in to police custody. Breanna Beacham has been charged with first-degree murder, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon -- all three felony charges. At this time, the motive for the murder is unknown.
An Illinois man is behind bars after police say he murdered his own grandmother. The body 73-year-old Glenda Rusterholz was found in her home on Thursday morning after authorities were called about a disturbance at the residence. Now her cause of death has been revealed, indicating that her 28-year-old grandson brutally beat her before she died. According to Central Illinois Proud , the cause of death in the homicide of Rusterholz has been declared by a coroner. She suffered from blunt force trauma consistent with an assault, which reveals that 28-year-old Cody A. Krause beat the elderly woman to death. Krause has been charged with first degree murder, and is currently sitting in jail on bond in the amount of $2.5 Million. In other words, the man’s not going to get out anytime soon. If he’s found guilty of this murder charge, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.