MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Memphis man accused of killing his grandmother by hitting her in the back of the head with a hammer four times and then stealing her car was found in Jackson, Tennessee.

Kerrien Davis, 23, was extradited to Memphis and placed in jail on a first-degree murder and theft of property $10,000-$60,000 charge Thursday.

It all started on June 4 when officers responded to an ambulance call at a home in the 1800 block of South Perkins Road.

A woman reported to Memphis Police that she found her mother lying inside her home, bleeding from her head, with a hammer next to her. Her mother had on a backpack along with her lunch bag as if she had just come into the house from work, police say.

She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Police identified her as 58-year-old S

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