A 45-year-old man who was the subject of an overnight manhunt in Hugo earlier this week has been charged in his mother's murder.

A 45-year-old man was charged Thursday with fatally beating his mother at the family’s Hugo home earlier this week, her death coming after she alleged years of physical and emotional abuse from her son.

A 45-year-old man who led Washington County authorities on a manhunt in Hugo on Tuesday has been charged with killing his mother.

Prosecutors charged 45-year-old Trevor Joseph Wunderlich with second-degree murder in the death of his 68-year-old mother, Charlene Gail Wunderlich.