Escondido
A 41-year-old Escondido man has been arrested in the beating death of his 74-year-old mother, a San Diego Sheriff’s Department spokesman said.
Thomas Hayhurst, who lived at the home in the 14100 block of San Pasqual Road with his mother, was booked into County Jail in Vista on suspicion of murder, Sheriff’s Sgt. Danny Goodrich said.
The body of Violet Susan Hayhurst was found lying near the passenger door of her truck, a quarter-mile from her home early Sunday morning, Goodrich said. Deputy Coroner Chuck Bolton said Hayhurst died of multiple blows to the head with a blunt instrument.
Deputies questioned the victim’s unemployed son at the residence.
The case will be presented to the San Diego County district attorney’s office by Wednesday, Goodrich said.
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