Woman called 911 saying she killed her mother the day before: police

A woman in Maryland is under arrest after she allegedly called 911 and led police to her mother’s body.

Emergency services in Gaithersburg, Maryland, received a call from Tiffany Zhang on Monday, Nov. 4, when she allegedly confessed to killing her mother, Montgomery County police said in a news release.

Zhang, 29, allegedly said she killed 63-year-old Guichun Hu the day before and that the woman’s body was in a nearby meadow in front of her residence, the release said.

Authorities found Zhang outside the house, located Hu’s body and said she died at the scene.

Aerial photos of the residence obtained by WJLA show that there are several sparsely located homes in the area, each surrounded by lawns. Further details – such as the condition of Hu’s body, the nature of any injuries or the location where the alleged crime took place – were not disclosed.

Gu’s body was taken to the coroner’s office so authorities could determine her cause of death.

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Authorities did not comment on a possible motive.

Zhang was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, police said in their news release.

Online court records did not indicate whether she had entered a plea or hired an attorney to speak on her behalf.