Akron police were searching late Thursday night for an Akron man wanted for questioning in the death of his elderly mother.
The 78-year-old woman was discovered dead in her home in the 1100 block of Hartford Avenue in West Akron by her daughter about 9 p.m., according to Lt. Rick Edwards of the Akron Police Department.
The woman has “signs of multiple blunt force trauma,” according to information released Friday morning by the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities wouldn’t release the woman’s identity Friday morning pending positive identification by the medical examiner’s office.
Edwards said the death is being investigated as a homicide.
Akron police were seeking the woman’s son, Derrick Williams, 47, who lived with his mother.
“He’s wanted for questioning,” Edwards said. “He’s not there and neither is his car.”
Williams was described by police as a 6-foot, 2-inch black man weighing about 290 pounds. He drives a 2014 black Hyundai Accent, license plate number GOW-3738.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Akron police detective bureau at 330-375-2490.
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