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A Massachusetts man accused of using a fireplace log to beat his 72-year-old mother to death has been convicted of first-degree murder.
Danny Lopes Jr. 39, was convicted by a Plymouth Superior Court jury on Tuesday of killing Julia Fernandes in August 2017 in the West Bridgewater home they shared, according to a statement from the office of Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole at sentencing scheduled for March 1.
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Police went to the home on the evening of Aug. 27, 2017, after getting a call from one of Lopes' relatives. There they found the victim in a second-floor bedroom. She was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy determined that she died of blunt force trauma to the head.
A Massachusetts man who was accused of killing his mother with a fireplace log has been convicted of first-degree murder.
Lopes was not at the scene but was arrested the next day in North Providence, Rhode Island.
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The log that authorities say was used to beat Fernandes was found in the home's basement, authorities said.
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