SCOTT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man has been charged in the stabbing death of his mother in Columbia County.
According to court documents, a neighbor called police just before 1 p.m. Wednesday after seeing a woman lying on the front porch of a home in the 3600 block of Old Berwick Road in Scott Township, near Bloomsburg.
When police arrived, they found Bonnie Cosper, 82, had been fatally stabbed.
Police found her son, James Cosper, 60, inside the home. Investigators say he admitted to stabbing his mother.
Cosper faces homicide and related charges in Columbia County.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 10.