SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Police say the adult son of a woman found fatally shot in their Sioux Falls apartment has been arrested.
The body of 63-year-old Teresa Cate was found Monday afternoon after police were called to check on a foul odor. Police Lt. Terrance Matia said at a briefing Wednesday that Cate had died sometime in the past 10 days.
“Due to decomposition of the remains, we had to wait for an autopsy to be done to give us some more information, Matia said. “That led us to believe that this was a homicide.”
Officers arrested 36-year-old Anthony Pritchard Tuesday evening on probable first-degree murder. He was expected to make an appearance in Lincoln County court later Wednesday.
Matia said Cate was killed in the apartment, but declined to be specific about where on her body she was shot.
Pritchard’s charges of taking pictures and distributing them without consent and misusing an electronic communication device are unrelated to the homicide.
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