It was believed that he killed his mother – Expressen

The man in the 55-year-old and his mother lived alone in an apartment and shielded completely from the outside world.

When the police found her dead body in the apartment admitted his son that he had beaten her to death with a hammer – but the coroner could not determine the cause of death.

Therefore prosecuted the man now instead of attempted murder.

the apartment where the man and his mother lived aroused attention among neighbors in the neighborhood of Gävle. Complaints coupled with mismanagement of the apartment led to the landlord decided to evict the two family members – while recording a orosanmälan.

It was in late November that notification resulted in a visit from the police. In the residence was found dead the mother and her son – who admitted that he had beaten her to death with a hammer.

On Friday raises deputy chief prosecutor Ulf Back indictment against the man in Gävle District Court .

But the accusation against man is not murder – but attempted murder, or extremely aggravated assault or aggravated assault.

Death between 13 and 23 days

– He says the arrest that he killed her with a hammer and even cut her. But the autopsy has not been able to establish the cause of death, says Ulf Back.

The problem consists in part of the woman’s body had been dead a long time before she was found. The prosecutor has called in an expert opinion from a fly and larvae expert who believes that the woman died between 13 and 23 days before the body was found.

When the woman found she had an injury on his forehead that matches the hammer son have described, but the coroner has not assessed the battle itself that killing.

– objectively no evidence that he has killed her, says Ulf Back.

at a hearing late in the investigation told investigators the suspect to hammer the team did not kill the woman.

not murder: “he was almost surprised”

– When he was almost surprised. He says he has beaten her, put over a blanket and then she has been lying there, says Ulf Back.

The prosecutor’s description of the family members is that they have lived close together, shielded from the outside world. The woman had earlier assisted living but opted out of the service for his son instead would take care of her.

The man himself says in interviews that the motive for the damage he has caused the mother’s mercy. He says that she was suffering from cancer and wanted to end her suffering, the explanation he gives in the interrogation according to the prosecutor. The autopsy revealed no trace of cancer.

In connection with the arrest, the man serious injuries after cutting himself with a knife in the neck and both arms. The injuries led to him immediately taken to hospital.

When the parties go to court admits the man aggravated assault. The man will undergo a previously approved psychiatric examination in connection with the trial.