Police: Man calls 911, admits to killing 80-year-old mother, surrenders 42-year-old Kenneth Burdick who surrendered peacefully on the front porch. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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ALL NEW TONIGHT. A WEST MIFFLIN MAN CALLS 911 SAYING HE JUST KILLED HIS 80-YEAR-OLD MOTHER AND WANTED TO TURN HIMSELF IN. POLICE SAY HE WASN’T LYING. IT ALL HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT A HOME ON SHADY LANE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER KATELYN SYKES IS LIVE NOW AFTER TALKING TO SHOCKED NEIGHBOR KATELYN: I TALKED TO A FRIEND OF THE VICTIM WHO SAID SHE IS SHOCKED. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE SAID THERE WAS A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES AT THE HOME, BUT THIS FRIEND TELLS ME SHE HAD NO IDEA. THE SUSPECT, NOW HERE AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL, CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE. CYNTHIA DOMEN SAID SHE HAD TO SEE IT WITH HER OWN EYES. >> I’M JUST BESIDES MYSELF. A FRIEND IN COLD CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THIS AND I HAD TO CO OVER HERE REAL QUICKLY TO SEE IF IT WAS HER BECAUSE IT JUST ASTONISHED ME. KATELYN: HER FRIEND, 80-YEAR-OLD DOLORES BURDICK, WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HER SHADY LANE HOME THIS MORNING AFTER HER SON, KENNETH BURDICK, CALLED 911 AND SAID HE KILLED HER. >> HE WAS DIFFERENT. MY SON TRIED TO PLAY WITH HIM. HE WAS ALWAYS A LONER. HE DIDN’T COME OUTSIDE. HE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING. KATELYN: BURDICK TOLD POLICE HE WALKED INTO HIS MOTHER’S ROOM FRIDAY MORNING AND BEGAN HITTING HER. HE THEN KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND, AND BEGAN KICKING AND STOMPING HER, BEFORE HE DRAGGED HER AND THREW HER DOWN THE BASEMENT STAIR HE TOLD POLICE HE DRAGGED HER AGAIN ACROSS THE BASEMENT FLOOR, THEN LEFT HER. HE TOLD POLICE SHE WAS STILL BREATHING, BUT LATER DIED. IT’S LEFT THIS WEST MIFFLIN COMMUNITY SICKENED >> IT’S DISGUSTING. HOW COULD ANYONE WANT TO KILL THEIR MOTHER? >> TERRIBLE HOW THIS WORLD IS. TERRIBLE. I DON’T KNOW WHY EVERYTHING’S GING DOWN. THAT LITTLE GIRL. NOW THIS. IT’S HEARTBREAKING. KATELYN: DOMEN TOLD ME DOLORES NEVER WANTED TO TALK ABOUT KENNETH AT THE HOME, IN FEAR HE WOULD OVERHEAR SHE SAID HE HAD SOME MENTAL ISSUES, BUT NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD HARM HIS MOTHER. >> I WANT TO REMEMBER HER AS A SWEET WOMAN, THAT WAS VERY KIND, HAD HER DOOR OPEN FOR ANYBODY TO VISIT AND WAS CONCERNED ABOU HER SON. KATELYN: POLICE SAY KENNETH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND SAW BLOOD ON HIS SOCKS AND SHOES. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 18. KATELYN SYKES, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEW

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