An Atlantic City man was indicted for murder yesterday, charged with killing his own mother in her Atlantic City home last October.

Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain says that on October 12, 2014, police responded to a 9-1-1 call at the Atlantic City home of Gwendolyn Pratt, 64. Upon arrival, they found her dead, as the result of apparent head injuries. Her son, Steven Pratt, 46, was found at the scene and held by police. An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was blunt force head injuries.

Steven Pratt had been released from prison two days before the murder. He had just completed a 30-year sentence for a 1984 murder.

The Atlantic County Grand Jury handed down the murder indictment yesterday.

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