Royal Oak Woman Accused of Killing Mother
(Royal Oak Police, June 9, 2025)
Royal Oak, MI – On Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at approximately 7:40 p.m., Royal Oak officers responded to a request for police assistance in the 3600 block of Crooks Rd. The caller, a 66-year-old resident of Fenton, said her 45-year-old daughter was experiencing a mental health crisis and needed to be taken to the hospital.
Officers arrived and detected signs of a struggle while speaking with the daughter, later identified as Royal Oak resident Jennifer Suzanne Cataldo.
They entered the apartment and found her mother unresponsive on the floor. The victim, identified as Leslie Ann Cataldo, had suffered a life-threatening neck wound and was transported to Corewell Hospital in Royal Oak, where she underwent emergency surgery.
In the late afternoon of June 5, 2025, Leslie Cataldo was pronounced deceased after succumbing to her injuries. Jennifer Cataldo was taken into custody at the scene without incident.
NOTE: Police and Fire Reports come directly from the agency involved and are written by the person or agency listed below the title. We generally run these “as is” or with minimal editing for punctuation, spelling, etc. Suspects should not be presumed guilty. Those needing more information about a case are encouraged to follow up with the reporting agency or court system for the most current information.
This story is presented without internal advertising due to the nature of the story.
