Duluth woman was asleep when killed by son, authorities say

DULUTH — A man allegedly claimed that he woke up and found his mother dead inside their home, only to later admit to the shooting while sitting alone in a police interview room.

Nathan Douglas Davin, 46, was charged Tuesday with the intentional second-degree murder of Mae Dean Davin, 74, at their East Hillside residence on Saturday night.

The victim was apparently asleep in a recliner when she was shot once in the face at close range inside the house she owned at 1511 N. Ninth Ave. E, according to court filings.

While an alleged motive has not been publicly identified, Nathan Davin was reportedly displaying erratic behavior, and investigators said they found the words “go to hell” spray-painted on a surface inside the house, along with “several other satanic symbols and phrases.”

Acco