An Illinois man called his mother while she was at work to tell her she "should go check" on his father after he allegedly killed him, officials say.

Abhijit Patel, 28, was arrested on Saturday and held without bond after he was charged with first-degree murder . He made his first court appearance on Monday, when Cook County prosecutors said that his mother tried calling her son and husband, 67-year-old Anupam Patel, while she was at work on Saturday morning. When no one picked up the phone , she went back to the couple's home in Schaumburg and saw her son, who told her "he had taken care of his father, and she should go check on him."

According to prosecutors, the woman found Anupam Patel in his bed, covered in blood.

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