The man accused of killing his mother in a New Canaan home Friday night faced a judge for the first time in Stamford Superior Court on Monday.

Sebastian Van Stockum, 20, is charged with the murder of his mother.

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The state's attorney's office pointed out to the judge the particularly brutal nature of the alleged crime.

“This was an especially violent murder. The victim was found bludgeoned to death and sustained extreme trauma to her skull,” the prosecutor said.

According to New Canaan police, they were called to the neighborhood near South Avenue and Gerdes Road just off Route 15, for reports of a man yelling from the woods.

As police were responding, they got another 911 call from a home on Gerdes Road, and the

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