A man who allegedly killed his mother at an El Cajon motel, then led police on a chase in the woman’s car with her body in the trunk, was ordered Thursday to stand trial.

Richard Anthony Leyva, 24, is accused of killing his mother, Jamison Webster, 51, at the Motel 6 on Montrose Court.

Prosecutors allege that Webster was strangled in Leyva’s motel room shortly after she visited him on the night of Feb. 24. Police and prosecutors have not disclosed a motive for the alleged killing.

During a preliminary hearing to determine whether Leyva would be held to answer on the charges, surveillance footage played in court showed Leyva and Webster arrive at the motel just before 4 p.m. Webster left the motel soon after in her Hyundai Sonata, but returned around 7 p.m.

After Webster entered the mot

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