GEORGETOWN, S.C. – Police say a 29-year-old South Carolina man killed his mother with a sword after the two argued in the home they shared.
Investigators say 51-year-old Laura Ferrante was found dead Sunday night in her home near Georgetown with a large wound to her neck and head.
Sheriff’s Lt. Neil Johnson says Ferrante’s son, 29-year-old Jonathan Maurice White, was arrested during a traffic stop soon after his mother’s body was found. He is charged with murder.
Johnson says the two had been arguing, but he wouldn’t say what the dispute was about.
White is awaiting a bond hearing, and officials didn’t know if he had a lawyer. A woman answering the phone at his home about 75 miles northeast of Charleston refused to speak to a reporter.