A mother and daughter are being held on suspicion of murdering a 71-year-old woman whose decaying remains were found by the police after she had been cut into pieces with a chainsaw and burned in a charcoal grill.
Candace Craig, 44, is accused of killing her mother Margaret Craig, and enlisting the help of her 19-year-old daughter Salia Hardy to dispose of the body, according to Prince George's County police.
Officers on Friday conducted a welfare check on the veteran mother and immediately smelled decomposition.
They discovered 'what appeared to be brain matter' in open garbage bags, according to gruesome details revealed in court documents obtained by WJLA on Monday.
Both Candace and Salia are in the custody of the Department of Corrections and face charges in the death of Margaret Craig, who was a 71-year-old woman.
Police say Candace allegedly killed her mother on May 23, following an argument and then her daughter helped dispose of the remains, which were reportedly kept in a trash can in her bedroom.
The police are still working to identify the motive, according to the press release.
Court documents allege that Margaret had threatened to report her daughter Candace to the police for fraudulent use of her debit card.
The attack is alleged to have been carried out just nine days after Mother's Day this year. In 2021, Candace had posted a heartfelt message to her mother on her Facebook page.
'Happy Mother's Day to the number one woman in my life. I hope you have a good and peaceful day. I don't get to say this every day but I love you to the moon and back,' she wrote.
Candace Craig is charged with first and second-degree murder. Her daughter Salia Hardy is accused of accessory after the fact. Candace's preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 3. She is being held without bail.
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