Woman Was Allegedly Strangled at Senior Facility by Daughter, Grandson: Police [Video]

A woman and her son have been accused of murdering the woman’s 81-year-old mother at the victim’s senior living center.

On Sunday, June 30, just before midnight, first responders were called to the Commonwealth Senior Living center in Norfolk, Va., after 81-year-old Cleo Loizides was reported unresponsive, Norfolk police wrote in a press release. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and investigators said the reason for her death was “undetermined.”

However, less than two weeks later, police announced that Loizides’ death was being investigated as a homicide, and on Tuesday, July 9, her daughter and grandson were charged in the case.

Loizides’ 53-year-old daughter, Heather Cummings, of Hobart, Ind., and her grandson Clifton Cummings, 24, of Norfolk, were charged with second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, police said.

According to court documents obtained by local stations WTKR and 13News Now/WVEC, Heather allegedly confessed to the killing, telling police that she and her son killed Loizides via strangulation. …