Authorities arrest 17-year-old in his mother's death
Seventeen-year-old Arnav Uppalapati was arrested Thursday night and charged with murder in the 2015 death of his mother, according to a Town of Cary news release .
Authorities say Arnav Uppalapati has been charged as an adult, which is customary for crime suspects age 16 and over in North Carolina.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman told the newspaper that the son has been a person of interest throughout the investigation, and that there didn't appear to be signs of forced entry into the family's home.
Sixteen at the time of the killing, Arnav Uppalapati called 911 and told a dispatcher that he found his mother's body when he got home from school.