Billings police detectives are on the scene after a woman was found dead in her apartment at 143 Calhoun Lane Monday afternoon. Police were called to the apartment after a 911 call about an altercation in the apartment.
A man is arrested and taken to an ambulance after his mother was found dead in her apartment at 143 Calhoun Lane Monday afternoon. Police were called to the apartment after a 911 call about an altercation. Blood around a window led police to the man nearby.
Detectives are investigating the year's first homicide after a dead body was found in an apartment on Calhoun Lane on Billings' South Side on Monday afternoon.
Billings police responded to a call at 2:18 p.m. about a disturbance near an apartment building on Calhoun, according to a statement released by the Billings Police Department on Twitter on Monday.
21-02477 At 1418 hours BPD Officers responded to a disturbance on Calhoun Lane. Upon arriving a deceased female was located inside an apartment. Detectives are on scene at this time and the investigating is ongoing. -Sgt Becker
— BillingsPD (@BillingsPD) January 11, 2021
When officers arrived, they found an open window with a pool of blood around it, according to BPD Lt. Dave Cardillo at the scene.
Officers also found a dead woman inside the apartment.
A suspect was tracked down and arrested nearby. He is the son of the woman found dead, Cardillo said.
Detectives were at the apartment late Monday afternoon investigating the scene.
Yellowstone County saw 19 homicides in 2020, or more than one every three weeks.
Rob Rogers
City and County Government Reporter
City and county government reporter for the Billings Gazette.
