A man in Marquette, Michigan has been charged with first degree murder after investigators say he admitted to killing his mother and burning her body.
According to an FBI affidavit, Hunter, 24, told agents he had planned days earlier to hurt his 50 year old mother. Investigators say that on Friday at their home, he stabbed her in the back and she responded by hitting him with a coffee pot. The affidavit alleges he kept stabbing her and that she died hours later.
Investigators say he then covered her body with a blanket, drove it in a white van to a dirt road and set it on fire. Later that day, police responded to a call about human remains on fire behind her home. Surveillance footage reportedly showed a white van turning onto a nearby road toward the home, and the same vehicle was found in her driveway.
When an FBI agent went to the home, Hunter reportedly answered with blood on his feet and shirt and a cut on his finger. According to the affidavit, he admitted in a later interview to killing his mother and was arrested. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison. The charge is an allegation, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
An online fundraiser has raised $3,800 to help bring his mother’s two daughters home to be with family and arrange their mother’s affairs.
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