A South Dakota man was charged with murder for allegedly killing his mother and then beheading her, according to prosecutors.
Bowen Fladland, 34, was charged with first-degree murder as well as second-degree murder in the death of Marlene Fladland, his mother.
‘It is fairly common for us to see, in a criminal activity, when somebody begins a pathway of violence, how it escalates.’
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley told KXLG-TV that the victim’s body was discovered at about 6 p.m. on Tuesday at their residence on 601 N. Cloud St. in the city of Clark.
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Court documents said that Bowen admitted to kneeling on his mother’s neck until she died. He then allegedly cut off her head with a tool.
The victim’s body was found in the
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