Des Moines man convicted of murdering mother in March

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Polk County jury has convicted a Des Moines man of first-degree murder in the killing of his mother.

Christopher Thompson, 33, of Des Moines, was convicted last week in the death of 50-year-old Paula Thompson, station WHO-TV reported.

Paula Thompson’s body was found March 13 in her Des Moines home after officers were called there for a welfare check and found the woman dead. Police later determined she had been beaten to death with a crowbar days earlier after arguing with her son. Christopher Thompson later turned himself in to police.

Christopher Thompson is being held in the Polk County Jail until his sentencing on Dec. 18, when he faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.