MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Georgia police have charged an 18-year-old man in the death of his stepmother, accusing him of pushing her down a flight of stairs.
Austin Perot faces one count of murder after a Feb. 8 domestic altercation at a Marietta home, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Arrest warrants accuse Perot of assaulting his stepmother, Malgorzata Bozek, by shoving her down the stairs. Bozek suffered multiple skull fractures from the fall and was pronounced dead Feb. 9, according to Cobb County police.
Perot was initially charged with aggravated battery, but the charge was upgraded to murder after Bozek’s death.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Perot had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
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