An ex-con beat his elderly mother to death with a skateboard inside their shared New York City apartment and then smoked meth next to her corpse, prosecutors said during a Wednesday arraignment hearing.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Wei Hou, 41, faces murder charges after he was tied to the slaying of his 76-year-old mother Zhu Hou just days before Christmas.
Authorities said Wou, who has a prior conviction for cocaine possession, left his mother with a shattered spine, several broken ribs and a bludgeoned skull in the Dec. 19 attack…