Son Accused Of Murdering 81-Year-Old Mother During Dispute In Maryland Home: Police

Mark Terry, 45, of District Heights, was charged with first- and second-degree murder and other offenses, the Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit said in a release on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Officers responded to the mother and son’s shared home on the 2000 block of Brooks Drive around 8 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14 and found 81-year-old Madia Terry unresponsive in the living room with bruising and other signs of trauma, investigators said. 

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A follow-up interview with Mark Terry led him to confess to fatally assaulting his mother during a dispute. He was being held at the Department of Corrections.

Anyone with information on the case who would like to speak with a Homicide Unit Detective is asked to call 301-516-2512.

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