Daughter accused of killing mother inside Willingboro home: officials
Breanna Beacham, 32, has been charged with Murder (First Degree), Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (Third Degree) and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Fourth Degree). | Burlington County officials
WILLINGBORO, NJ - A 32-year-old woman has been charged with her own mother’s death that occurred at a home in Willingboro Monday, officials say.
On Monday, police were called to a residence on Hopewell Lane in the Hawthorne Park neighborhood just before 4 p.m. for a report of an assault in progress.
Upon arrival, investigators discovered the body of 57-year-old Kim Beacham-Hanson.
Preliminary investigation determined that she had been bludgeoned to death.
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An autopsy performed by a Burlington County medical examiner concluded her death was a homicide that was caused by multiple blunt injuries.
Breanna Beacham, 32, who was temporarily staying at the Hopewell Lane residence with her mother, was charged with Murder (First Degree), Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (Third Degree) and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Fourth Degree).
Beacham was taken into custody at the house early Monday evening and lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly pending a detention hearing in Superior Court.
The case will now be prepared for presentation to a grand jury for possible indictment.
The motive for the attack remains under investigation.