A suspect has been arrested on murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his mom to death in Walnut Creek this morning, according to police.
Shortly after 5 a.m. this morning, a woman in the 2600 block of Jones Road called police saying she needed help because she had just been stabbed.
The victim, identified as 74-year-old Darlene Roth, died at the hospital a short time later.
Her son, 41-year-old Nicholas Roth, was taken into custody.
Police have not released any further information.
This is the fourth murder of the year in Walnut Creek.
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They are both pretty much involved in the Walnut Creek area. Not two people you think this would happen to. They are both on Facebook. What a mess.
Sad for this family. Thank God they cannot blame the police for either doing not enough or to much to the son.
I worked with both nick and his mom. Darlene was an amazing sweet woman. And the nick we knew 15 years ago was a great guy. Such a tragedy for everyone involved. Considering the 5:00 am timeline I can only assume it maybe drug related. A lot of bad stuff going around these days… tragic
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