Son arrested for killing mom ahead of Mother's Day at Hanford home, police say

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- 45-year-old Scott Scilagyi is down bars aft allegedly taking his mother's life, 74-year-old Donna Scilagyi, close earlier Mother's Day weekend.

Deputies from the Kings County Sheriff's Office were called retired to a payment cheque connected Curtis Ave successful Hanford connected Friday morning.

When they arrived, they recovered grounds of a crime.

"Eventually, her 45-year-old son, Scott Scilagyi, opened the doorway and allowed america into the residence to hunt for Mrs. Scilagyi. During that search, they did find Mrs. Scilagyi wrong the home," said Kings County Sheriff's Sgt. Christopher Martin.

After speaking with Scott, it was determined they had immoderate benignant of argument, and it resulted successful the decease of Mrs. Scilagyi."

Scilagyi was taken into custody and is being charged with his mother's death.

The fishy is known to authorities.

In aboriginal March, constabulary arrested him aft a unsafe high-speed pursuit done Hanford.

In caller months, the Kings County Sheriff's Office says they had been called retired to the location for arguments betwixt the two.

"We person 3 unfastened cases with him, the archetypal lawsuit is misdemeanor battery, the 2nd lawsuit is felony transgression threats, and the 3rd lawsuit is 2 counts of battle with a deadly limb and felony evasion," explains Kings County District Attorney Sarah Hacker.

Donna is described arsenic sweet, kind, and affable by her neighbors.

She worked astatine the Kings County Sheriff's Office from 1999 done 2014.

She served arsenic a detention lawman successful the aforesaid jailhouse wherever her precise ain lad is sitting arsenic an inmate.

The Kings County Sheriff's Office says the biggest takeaway from this tragic concern is to talk retired if you are afraid.

"Protect your family, a batch of the clip radical don't privation to study things that hap astatine location due to the fact that they are acrophobic of the retribution oregon the world of what could happen," urged Sgt. Martin.

The fishy volition beryllium backmost successful tribunal connected Wednesday afternoon.

This continues to beryllium an ongoing investigation.

Anyone with accusation is urged to telephone the Kings County Sheriff's Office.

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