LAFAYETTE, Colo.—A jury has acquitted a Lafayette man who was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his mother.
Adam Raszynski had argued he was defending himself when he threw his 60-year-old mother, Rita Redford, down the stairs of her home and stomped on her after she shot him last year in the chin, chest and hip.
Raszynski had been living with his mother after being released from a Florida prison, where he served time for aggravated stalking. Police say Redford had told friends that she was afraid of her son.
The Daily Camera reports () that after the verdict Friday, Raszynski’s sister Jennifer Billings issued a statement by email thanking the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office for its work, despite losing the case.
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Information from: Daily Camera,
