Airdrie man charged in mother's death
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A 20-year-old man from Airdrie, Alta., has been charged in the death a 48-year-old woman, and CBC News has learned the accused is the woman's son.
Alexander James Thorpe has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Melanie Lowen, police said in a release Monday.
Early last Thursday, RCMP and EMS responded to a call of a man in medical distress at a business in northeast Airdrie, just north of Calgary.
The male was taken to hospital related to mental health, police said Friday.
A preliminary investigation led police to a residence in the city, where they found a woman who had died under suspicious circumstances, police said.
After an autopsy Friday, police said the death was considered a homicide.
Thorpe was remanded into custody after a judicial hearing, and was scheduled to appear in a Calgary court later Monday.
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