A 25-year-old manhas been charged with allegedly killing his mother in November, according to a statement from the Baltimore Police Department.
Ajay Wiggins faces a first-degree murder charge in the Nov. 15 death of his mother, 64-year-old Joyce Gaskins, at their home on the 1600 block of Druid Hill Avenue, the statement said.
Emergency personnel responded to the home that day, where medics pronounced Gaskins dead at the scene and transported Wiggins to a hospital for psychological evaluation and treatment, police said.
The medical examiner ruled on Dec. 5 that Gaskins died of asphyxiation.
Wiggins is being held at the Central Booking Intake Facility, police said.
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