The Des Moines police department has arrested and charged a woman with the murder of her mother, who police say was just 69 pounds when she died.

A Des Moines woman was arrested on Thursday in connection to the death of her mother in June 2023. According to Des Moines Police, on June 14, 2023 at around 12:28 p.m. the police department and Des Moines Fire Department responded to a report of a cardiac arrest in the 5300

Detectives with the Des Moines Police Department say officers and medical personnel were sent to a home in the 5300 block of Urbandale Avenue around 12:30 p.m. on June 14, 2023, for a report of a cardiac arrest.