Minnesota Man Charged With Killing Mom, 89, Over Bedbug Infestation

nbcnews.com An 89-year-old Minnesota woman's only child is charged with killing her by suffocating her in a garbage bag after beating her with a sculpture and choking her didn't work — all because their home was infested with bedbugs, authorities said Monday. Michael Theodore Gallagher, 62, was being held without bail pending a hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Hennepin County District Court on a single count of second-degree unpremeditated murder. Prosecutors said in a probable cause affidavit filed Monday that Gallagher called 911 on Friday to report that he had killed his mother, identified as Patricia Ann Gallagher, inside the apartment they rented in downtown Minneapolis. According to the affidavit, Gallagher told police he was "despondent," fearing that their landlord was going to refuse to renew their lease because of the bedbugs, and his mother "has a lot of things to move."