A Santee man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, accused of killing his elderly mother, San Diego County Sheriff’s officials said Friday.
Michael Morse, 50, was the one to call 911 on Oct. 19, 2013, claiming he discovered his 73-year-old mother Louise dead at a home in the 7900 block of Arly Court, investigators say.
Dispatchers told him to perform CPR on the woman until crews could take over. Although paramedics tried to save her, Louise was declared dead.
An autopsy by the Medical Examiner’s Office found she died from complications of elder abuse. Her cause of death was listed as homicide.
On Wednesday the District Attorney’s Office filed formal charges against Michael Morse, and he was arrested the same day by sheriff's detectives at his Santee home.
In El Cajon Superior Court Friday, Morse was arraigned on one count of murder.
He is now being held on a $1 million bond.
