A Windsor Locks man who police said fatally stabbed his mother confessed to the crime before police arrived at the scene.
Kevin Thomas Landry, 29, called police about 1 p.m. Monday and said “he just killed his mother at 6 John St.,” police said Tuesday.
Police rushed to the scene and found Barbara M. Landry, 60, unresponsive in the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Landry was taken into custody and charged with murder. He was in custody on $1.5 million bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
Police are continuing their investigation.