Man accused of murdering mother fights California extradition
Tosten Walsh Lommen, the man accused of driving to South Dakota with his mother’s body in the vehicle, is fighting being returned to California.
In a hearing Friday morning, Lommen declined to waive extradition to California, where he reportedly murdered his mother in her home Dec. 30. He was arrested Jan. 1 in Rapid City after a high-speed chase.
An extradition hearing is now set for Feb. 20.
The Capital Journal reports the procedural move by prosecutors clears the way for 30-year-old Tosten Walsh Lommen to be returned to California to face a murder charge in that state.
Authorities allege Lommen killed his mother, 58-year-old Michelle Walsh, sometime around Dec. 30 while the two were living in her home in Palm Springs, California.
Lommen was arrested on New Year’s Day on suspicion of drunk driving and eluding police following a chase on Interstate 90 in South Dakota. Authorities say they found his mother’s body wrapped in a blanket in the back seat.
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