GAITHERSBURG, MD. – Montgomery County Police arrested 29-year-old Tiffany Zhang in connection with the death of her 63-year-old mother, Guichun Hu. Homicide investigation in Gaithersburg.

According to police, Zhang called the Emergency Communications Center at around 9:53 a.m. on Monday, November 4, and reported that he had killed his mother the day before.

Police said his mother reported her body was found in a grassy area outside their home in the 19400 block of Olive Tree Way.

When 6th District police officers arrived at the scene, they found Zhang waiting outside, and Hu was pronounced dead a short time later.

Major Crimes Branch Directorate Homicide Bureau detectives were notified and an investigation was initiated.

Hu’s body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where an autopsy was performed to confirm the official cause and manner of death.

Zhang was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Central Processing Unit, where he was charged with first-degree murder.