Daughter Stabs, Kills Elderly Mother: Police

A woman is in custody after she allegedly stabbed and killed her elderly mother overnight inside their home.

It wasn’t clear who alerted police around 2 a.m. to the home near the corner of 9th and Jackson Streets in Wilmington, Del. -- that’s close to the bridge for I-95.

That is where Wilmington Police say that April Hutt, who is in her mid 50s, allegedly stabbed her mother Wilda Hutt. The 83-year-old woman died at the scene.

When NBC10 cameras arrived before dawn, officers could be seen both guarding the homicide scene and talking to neighbors.

Hutt's body remained in the home for hours as the medical examiner and more investigators searched for answers.

Police took April Hutt in for questioning.

The Hutt family is well known around Wilmington, according to neighbors.

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