Tristen Kurilla, a boy of 10 years, has been charged with beating a 90-year-old to death with her walking stick.
He is alleged to have got angry at Helen Novak when she shouted at him then took her cane and put it around her neck.
His mother, Martha Virbitsky, took him to a police station in Tyler Hill, Pennsylvania, where she told officers that he had confessed to going into Novak’s room when she shouted at him.
Police said: ‘He got mad, lost his temper and grabbed a cane and put it around Novak’s throat.’
Kurilla is alleged to have pinned the victim down on the bed with her cane and punched her several times.
Police say he told his grandfather, who was caring for Novak, that she was bleeding from the mouth.
He has been charged as an adult with criminal homicide and aggravated assault.
He is being held without bail until a preliminary hearing on October 22.
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