A Bathtub man advised a police officer that he strangled his mom Tuesday after she attacked him, based on a court docket doc.
Jason Ibarra, 42, is charged with homicide within the demise of Jeanine Ross, 66. She was discovered lifeless at about 11:35 a.m. Tuesday on the ground of a bed room in her Moorings condo complicated residence on 125 Congress Ave. in Bathtub, based on an affidavit filed in Sagadahoc County Superior Courtroom. There was a multicolored lanyard round her neck with a set of keys connected to it.
An post-mortem discovered that Ross’ demise was a murder attributable to strangulation.
Ibarra is scheduled to make his first court docket look remotely at 8:30 a.m. Friday from Two Bridges Regional Jail, the place he’s being held with out bail.
After talking with police on Tuesday, Ibarra invoked his Miranda rights Wednesday and refused to talk with detectives once they tried to interview him on the jail, based on the affidavit.
Police had been referred to as to the condo by Ibarra’s brother, Shane Ross, 38, after Ibarra referred to as him and mentioned he’d killed their mom, the affidavit mentioned. Ross advised police that Jason mentioned that he “‘killed his mother, he killed their mother and that he needed to do it, she attacked him first,’” the affidavit mentioned.
When police arrived on the condo, Ibarra seemed to be closely intoxicated and had hassle standing, the affidavit mentioned. He was taken to an area hospital to be evaluated earlier than being taken to the jail in Wiscasset and charged with homicide.
If convicted of homicide, Ibarra faces between 25 years and life in jail.
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