Pictured: Mother, 71, who was 'thrown out of an apartment window to her death by her 41-year-old son - before he jumped down after her and stomped on her lifeless body'

An elderly mother who police say was pushed out of a window to her death by her own son in the early hours of Monday morning has been pictured by authorities.
Fernando Vargas, 41, was arrested after he allegedly threw his 71-year-old mother Carlota Vargas out of a second floor apartment window in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, ABC 7 reports.
Police responded to a report of an assault in the 7400 block of Hazeltine Avenue at 2.50am, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).