A son who punched and kicked his elderly mother to death is now charged with second degree murder.
On Tuesday November 24, 2009 at approximately 1:30 pm deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call of a physical fight at 1019 Byerly Way. Witnesses tell deputies they saw a man punching and kicking an elderly woman. When deputies arrived they observed Sophia Chasteen, 74 years, on the ground, unresponsive and bleeding.
Also at the scene deputies encountered the suspect Michael Lizzi, 51, the man witnesses say they saw hitting and kicking Ms. Chasteen. The suspect is the victim’s son. He is believed to have dragged his mother down the street then kicked and punched her until she was unconscious.
Ms. Chasteen who was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, died.
Michael Lizzi, her son is now being charged with 2nd degree murder.
Yeah, I knew this guy and this doesn’t surprise me. I worked with him for a little. He was let go and we all joked that we would see him again someday in the news probably. It’s sad that it actually happened.