WA - Christine Catelli, 58, charged Jan. 2023 with killing her 35-year-old son - Spangle, Spokane County, June 2022

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Mom admits to killing son, wrapping him in plastic, dumping body in woods, sheriff says

A mother in Washington state admitted to killing her adult son, wrapping his body in plastic and dumping his remains, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

www.kptv.com

The [caller] also told deputies his sister had “been under a lot of stress and struggled with a substance abuse addiction, but he thought she had been doing well and making progress.”

Statement from SCSO:

https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneCountySheriffsOffice/posts/550284913792469

 

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Woman accused of killing son, disposing of body says he threatened her with gun leading up to killing

The 58-year-old woman who confessed to killing her 35-year-old son, cutting off his head and dumping his body last year in Whitman County claimed her son threatened her with a gun prior to the killing.

www.spokesman.com

Christine D. Catelli faces a possible charge of second-degree murder in Chase Catelli’s death and booked into the Spokane County Jail on Jan. 15. She remained there Sunday in lieu of a $500,000 bond.