DOUGLAS COUNTY — Police arrested a man Saturday who says he killed his grandmother by strangling her.
Just after 2a.m., police were dispatched to a home just southwest of Clinton Parkway and Crestline Drive, according to a media release from police. Dispatchers told officers the man confessed to the killing over the phone.
When they arrived, officers knocked on the door. 25-year-old Marcus Cassella eventually opened it and was arrested without incident. Inside, officers found the 70-year-old victim unresponsive in bed. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical declared her deceased at the scene.
Officers found the suspect’s 24-year-old brother unharmed in a bedroom with the door shut.
After being interviewed at Lawrence Police HQ, Marcus Cassella was transported to the Douglas County Correctional Facility and booked on suspicion of First-Degree Murder. The younger brother is working now to notify extended family.