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Son charged with killing elderly mother

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | April 18, 2026 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Police have arrested a man accused of attacking and fatally injuring his elderly mother last September, apprehending the suspect as he prepared to fly to China, according to the Coeur d’Alene Police Department.

Neil F. Stratton, 52, of Coeur d’Alene, is charged with first degree murder, burglary and destruction of evidence, all felonies, in connection with the death of his mother, 77-year-old Susan M. Stratton. 

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