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Elderly Woman Found Dead Inside Hemet Home

HEMET (CBSLA.com) — A homicide investigation was underway in Hemet Wednesday after a man allegedly told officers he killed his 77-year-old mother.

The Hemet Police Department said in a department statement that a 51-year-old man entered the department about 1:26 p.m. Tuesday, and allegedly told officers he had killed his mother.

Officers subsequently conducted a welfare check at the family home in the 500 block of W. Devonshire Avenue, and say they found a deceased woman.

The circumstances surrounding the woman's death have not been released nor has the identity of those involved.

No further details were available.

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