Man confesses to killing his mother
A man was arrested on suspicion of murder Sunday after he told police that he had strangled his 71-year-old mother during an argument.
Richard Lam Nguyen, 30, told police he killed his mother, Nuong Thu Nguyen, on Saturday and spent the night wandering his neighborhood, according to Garden Grove police spokesman Lt. Dave Kivler.
On Sunday, Nguyen called police and confessed to the crime, Kivler said. He was being held Monday in lieu of $1 million bail and was scheduled to be arraigned today in Santa Ana.
Kivler said he believed the suspect was a medical student at a school in the Caribbean.
-- Kate Linthicum
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