California son married powerful attorney mom, poisoned her then threw her body in a hole before creating insane backstory: DA

A California man has been charged with murder after allegedly poisoning his foster mother, burying her in a hole and forging a marriage certificate so he could take control of her assets.Cedric Von Ferdinand, 34, is accused of telling his foster sisters that while he was taking care of Nadine Jett during her pancreatic cancer fight she had died and been cremated in Mexico.He was charged Wednesday after an autopsy found large amounts of fentanyl in the 65-year-old’s system, with the medical examiner concluding she died of acute fentanyl toxicity, ruling homicide as the manner of death.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Jett had been going through chemotherapy when she went missing in January 2024.Von Ferdinand, her foster son and caregiver, allegedly told her other foster children she died in Mexico of her illness and had been cremated.

But he could not produce a death certificate.Shortly after, he was given power of attorney through documents somehow bearing Jett’s signature and initials.He then allegedly siphoned thousands of dollars from Jett’s accounts and transferred two of her properties to himself.With his dead mother’s money, he is also accused of purchasing another property in Los Angeles County.His alleged plan also included enlisting a woman called Kim Fifer to pose as Jett so he could “marry” his mother and take further control of her assets.A forged and notarized marriage license dated May 18, 2024, was discovered in Von Ferdinand’s home.“This is a case of deadly greed,” San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said.Jett’s other foster daughters, the Lucci quadruplets, eventually grew suspicious of Von Ferdinand and reported their mother missing in June 2024.A San Diego District Attorney’s Office investigator said the...