Ga. man stabbed his 75-year-old mother to death in her home, deputies say

PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. — A Pickens County man is being charged with murdering his own mother, according to sheriff’s deputies.

Deputies say they responded to a house on Outback Road in Jasper on Monday.

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When they got to the house, they found Linda Foster, 75, lying on the floor of her dining room. She had been stabbed several times.

Foster’s son, 55-year-old Barry Douglas Williamson, has since been arrested and will be charged with murder and aggravated assault.

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Investigators have not released details about what led up to Foster’s death.

Williamson is being held in the Pickens County Adult Detention Center.

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