A Maryland judge sentenced a man to life in prison with all but 72 years suspended for killing his 72-year-old mother.

Lorena Royster was found dead in her Bladensburg home last year. She had a handcuff around her wrist and had been stabbed 47 times.

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Prosecutors said Royster’s son, 53-year-old Reginald English, “killed his mother over the use of a Toyota Camry.”

They said English also got into an argument about the car with his sister while he was in jail.

“The defendant called his sister and got into an argument over the title of the car,” the prosecutor said.

English was convicted last summer. A Prince George's County judge granted the state’s sentencing request Friday, with the 72 years representing Royster’s age

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