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Pleasant Valley Man Charged With Murder In Mother's Death

DUTCHESS COUNTY, N. Y. -- A 48-year-old Pleasant Valley man is facing a murder charge after he was accused of killing his mother then dumping her body in South Carolina, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.

Charles Cole

Charles Cole

Photo Credit: New York State Police

Charles Cole is being held at Dutchess County Jail after his arraignment Monday on second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. Dutchess County prosecutors say he strangled his 76-year-old mother Aug. 16 in a Pleasant Valley motel where they lived, the Poughkeepsie Journal says.

Prosecutors also say he kept her body in a plastic bin for about two months before taking it to South Carolina, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports.

Click here to read the Poughkeepsie Journal article.

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