News about Susan Howe

A heroin addict who murdered his mother on Friday and set her body on fire after she had threatened to kick him out of her $900,000 home (inset) died two days later. After his detention on Friday, chef Adam Howe, 34, suffered a medical emergency while in his cell at Ashe Street Jail in New Bedford. He was pronounced dead at St Luke's Hospital. Adam is pictured left with his wife, Ailey, and his mother, Susan, on the right. After family friends called in a welfare check on his mother, a SWAT team raided the opulent home he had shared with Susan Howe, 70, in Truto. Following a note of a fire, the local fire department was dispatched to the scene at the same time as the welfare check was conducted. According to a joint press release from the police department and the prosecutor's office, officers arrived on the scene and quickly realized that the fire was caused by a dead body burning. Adam was arrested quickly thereafter. Officers were able to establish that the individual was murdered was Howe's mother.

According to the local prosecutor's office, a 34-year-old heroin addict murdered his mother, 70, and set her body on fire inside the $900,000 house they shared in a wealthy Cape Cod, Massachusetts. After the Cape Cod SWAT team searched the house, Adam Howe was arrested on Friday night. Authorities were summoned by family friends who were looking for a welfare check on Howe's mother, Susan, at the house in Truro. After receiving a notice of a fire, the local fire department was dispatched to the scene at the same time as the welfare check was scheduled. 'A family friend called and asked to check on the house,' Assistant District Attorney Tara Miltimore told the Cape Cod Times.' When officers arrived on the scene, they quickly learned that the fire was caused by a dead body fire, according to the press release. Adam Howe had been standing outside the fire but the cops had arrived inside. He was arrested immediately after. Officers were able to ascertain that the individual who was exacerbating was Howe's mother.