PROVENCAL, LA: Man accused of killing his mother

PROVENCAL, La. — Natchitoches deputies have arrested a Provencal man and charged him with killing his mother.

The sheriff’s office says they received a call Thursday night to Willie Banes Road after family members reported 55-year-old Phyllis McMahon missing.

According to deputies, her son, 21-year-old James McMahon, told family that he couldn’t find his mother.  That’s when they called for help.

Once deputies got there, they began a search and found her body in a neighbor’s pond.

James McMahon