Posted by WTAE-TV Pittsburgh on Tuesday, March 16, 2021
A Plymouth man confessed to killing his 83-year-old father inside the latter’s Pennsylvania home in an attempt to save the senior from humiliation over losing money in a scam, authorities said.
Michael Miklaucic, 57, told police he was responsible for the death of his father, John Miklaucic, of New Sewickley Township, Pennsylvania, in a 911 call Tuesday morning, New Sewickley Police Chief Ronald Leindecker told reporters.
Police responded to John Miklaucic’s home at 657 Fezell Road and found his body inside the home, according to Leindecker, who said the cause of death was strangulation. Michael Miklaucic was taken into custody without incident on the front porch.