Alec Swiderski is accused of killing his grandmother.
Buffalo police say they were called to a South Buffalo home on Kamper Street around 7:50 p.m. for a welfare check on Sunday. There officers found Pamela Toy, 74, dead.
Investigators say that the cause of her death appears to be blunt force trauma. Erie County District Attorney John Flynn says it appears that Toy was beaten by her grandson.
Swiderski is now charged with murder in the second degree.
A judge ordered that Swiderski undergoes a mental health evaluation.