An Oakland County woman has been taken into custody after her 66-year-old mother was found with a fatal neck wound. Jennifer Suzanne Cataldo, 45, of Royal Oak, was charged with first-degree premeditated murder last Friday. Police had responded to an emergency call from her mother, Leslie Ann Cataldo, stating her daughter was having a mental health crisis, CBS News Detroit reports.
According to authorities, the call came in last Wednesday around 7:40 p.m. from an apartment on the 3600 block of Crooks Road. Upon arrival, officers from the Royal Oak Police Department detected signs of a struggle and found Leslie Cataldo unresponsive on the apartment floor, as stated by ClickOnDetroit. She was quickly transported to Corwell Hospital in Royal Oak, where she later died from her injuries.
The defendant, Jennifer Cataldo, has no violent criminal history beyond a 2018 drunk driving conviction and was arrested at the scene without incident. As reported by FOX 2 Detroit, the judge denied her bond during arraignment. If convicted, Cataldo could potentially face up to life in prison for the charge brought against her.
