Young man charged with murder in Vernon

A 21-year-old man has now been charged with murder in connection to the death of a 49-year-old woman.

Angelo Gabriel Monfort made his first court appearance at the Vernon Courthouse Thursday morning.  Monfort  was charged with 2nd degree murder.

Police were called out to a townhouse complex in the 7300 block of Okanagan Landing Road shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday.

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When they arrived they found 49-year-old Regina Fernandez seriously injured.  Fernandez later died in hospital.

Police say Monfort and Fernandez knew each other.

A source told Global News on Wednesday the woman was bludgeoned to death and says the man arrested at the scene was her son.

RCMP have not yet confirmed any of these details.

The source said the mother had two sons, one in university and the other still in grade school, and that the family moved to the country about a year ago.