Man Confesses to Strangling Grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas

0:00It's April 18th. You're listening to Kansas News today, AI-powered local news. Police in Lawrence, Kansas arrested a 25-year-old man named Marcus Cicella on Saturday morning after he confessed to strangling his own. Grandmother. He called authorities around 2 a.m. near Clinton Parkway and Cressline Drive, admitting what he'd done, and officers took him into custody right away. The 70-year-old victim was found unresponsive inside the home and pronounced dead at the scene, turning a quiet night into a heartbreaking family, tragedy. Cicella faced an interview before they booked him on suspicion of first-degree murder at the Douglas County Correctional Facility. No formal charges have shown up on court records yet, so we'll keep watching how this unfolds in the days ahead.