Woman charged with killing her mother in Burlington County
Breanna Beacham, 32, is accused of fatally beating Kim Beacham-Hanson, 57, on Monday in Willingboro Township.
A 32-year-old woman was charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of her mother in Willingboro Township on Monday, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said.
Police were called to a residence on Hopewell Lane in the Hawthorne Park neighborhood just before 4 p.m. Monday for a reported assault and found the body of 57-year-old Kim Beacham-Hanson, Bradshaw said.
Burlington County Medical Examiner Ian Hood performed an autopsy and concluded that her death was a homicide caused by multiple blunt injuries.
Breanna Beacham, who was temporarily staying at residence with her mother, was arrested at the scene and was being held at the Burlington County Jail pending a detention hearing, Bradshaw said. Beacham also was charged with weapon offenses.
The motive for the attack remains under investigation, Bradshaw said.