Daughter accused of killing mother inside Willingboro home: officials
WILLINGBORO, NJ - A 32-year-old woman has been charged with her own mother’s death that occurred at a home in Willingboro Monday, officials say.
On Monday, police were called to a residence on Hopewell Lane in the Hawthorne Park neighborhood just before 4 p.m. for a report of an assault in progress.
Upon arrival, investigators discovered the body of 57-year-old Kim Beacham-Hanson.
Preliminary investigation determined that she had been bludgeoned to death.
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An autopsy performed by a Burlington County medical examiner concluded her death was a homicide that was caused by multiple blunt injuries.
Breanna Beacham, 32, has been charged with Murder (First Degree), Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (Third Degree) and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Fourth Degree). | Burlington County officials
Breanna Beacham, 32, who was temporarily staying at the Hopewell Lane residence with her mother, was charged with Murder (First Degree), Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (Third Degree) and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Fourth Degree).
Beacham was taken into custody at the house early Monday evening and lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly pending a detention hearing in Superior Court.
The case will now be prepared for presentation to a grand jury for possible indictment.
The motive for the attack remains under investigation.