A Colorado man has been charged this week with the homicide of his 82-year-old mom who disappeared 4 years in the past, the police stated.

The Grand Junction Police Division stated in a press release on Wednesday that Richard Vandervelde, 54, had been arrested in reference to the killing of his mom Sylvia Frens, who was reported lacking by involved members of the family in Could 2018.

Nevertheless, Vandervelde was arrested on Could 19 of this 12 months after he was positioned in Pinellas County, Florida and he's at present being detained within the Mesa County Detention Facility, ready for arraignment, in keeping with the Grand Junction Police Division.

He's now dealing with costs of homicide within the first diploma, tampering with a deceased human physique, crimes towards an at-risk grownup, cash theft, abuse of a corpse, and motorcar theft.

Son Charged With murdering mother
A Colorado man has been charged this week with the homicide of his 82-year-old mom who disappeared 4 years in the past police stated. The son, Richard Vandervelde, 54, was positioned and arrested in Florida. GETTY Photos

In response to the Nationwide Library of Drugs, matricide—or the killing of moms by their organic kids—is uncommon and includes lower than 2 p.c of all U.S. homicides through which the victim-offender relationship is understood.

Police have continued to research Frens' disappearance since 2018 however she "was not found to have established residency or authorized identification in another states" and social media posts associated to her disappearance "by no means led to her whereabouts."

Detectives decided that she was deceased primarily based on proof obtained all through the investigation that dragged on for over three years. Nevertheless, investigators determined to move again to Frens' previous home in March of this 12 months to go looking the property as soon as once more.

In a matter of days, detectives discovered human stays on the property that had been confirmed to belong to Vandervelde's mom, in keeping with DNA check outcomes.

"An post-mortem concluded accidents in step with blunt power trauma to the pinnacle and the way of demise was dominated a murder," the police stated.

In the meantime, investigators discovered proof that Vandervelde, who was residing along with his mom on the time of her disappearance, used Frens' debit card between February and June 2018.

Transactions confirmed that he used the cardboard from Grand Junction, Colorado to Charleston, South Carolina. He additionally took over $10,000 of money out of his mom's checking account and "was discovered to be in possession of her automobile."

Vandervelde was arrested in June 2018 for site visitors violations in Colombia, Missouri and was taken into custody the place sooner or later he was questioned by cops from Grand Junction about his mom's disappearance.

"Through the interview, Vandervelde claimed Sylvia left with a good friend for California in April however didn't disclose any additional details about the place Sylvia went, or when she deliberate to return. He additionally said that his use of Sylvia's debit card was licensed by her. Sadly, the interview didn't produce any recent leads," the police stated of the interrogation that occurred on the time.

Newsweek reached out to the Grand Junction Police Division for remark.