Man accused of fatally stabbing his mother: "(By Meghan Cooke, macooke@charlotteobserver.com) A Gaston County man has been charged with murder after police say he stabbed his elderly mother.
Gaston County police were called to a home on Rosebriar Lane early Saturday. When they arrived, they found 81-year-old Odessa Martin dead inside her bedroom from apparent stab wounds."