PLANO, Texas — A Plano man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the brutal killing of his mother, Collin County District Attorney announced.

Robert Lee Timmons Jr., 34, admitted to beating and strangling his mother, 61-year-old Rene Timmons, inside her Plano home in May 2024 . Authorities said on May 16, a coworker grew concerned when Rene didn’t show up for work and called for a welfare check. When Plano police arrived at her home, they found her wrapped in a blanket and badly beaten.

At the same time and a short distance away, Richardson PD was investigating a separate report of a man unlawfully entering an apartment. That man was identified as Robert Timmons. According to police, Timmons told officers at the scene, “I just killed my mother.” Richardson officers immediately n

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