Royal Oak resident Jennifer Suzanne Cataldo is charged with one count of first-degree murder after allegedly attacking her mother, causing injuries that led to her death a day later.

According to a release put out by Royal Oak police Friday afternoon, officers responded to a call for assistance at a residence in the 3600 block of Crooks Road. The caller, a 66-year-old Fenton resident, said her 45-year-old daughter was experiencing a mental health crisis and needed to be taken to the hospital.

Jennifer Suzanne Cataldo is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly attacking and killing her mother last week. (PHOTO ROYAL OAK POLICE)

When officers arrived, they spoke to the daughter, Jennifer Cataldo, and detected signs of a struggle. Officers entered Cataldo’s apartment and found her

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