A mugshot of Adam Howe from an August 11 arrest for breaking into a business. (Tewksbury Police Department) A Massachusetts man charged with murdering his mom, then setting her body on fire in front of her $900,000 Cape Cod home, choked to death on wet toilet paper in his jail cell over the weekend, authorities said.Adam Howe, 34, was rushed to St.
Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, where he was pronounced dead on Sunday, according to a statement from spokesman Jonathan Darling of the Bristol County Sheriff's Office. "Mr.
Howe clogged his airways with wet toilet paper and suffered a medical emergency," the statement said. "Out of respect for the family, we have no additional comment or detail.
That family has been through a lot this weekend. Please keep them in your prayers."Police and the fire department found 69-year-old Susan Howe's remains, still ablaze, on her front lawn Friday at 9:30 p.m.