A U.S. woman has been found beheaded in her hotel room in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, a senior police official said Friday.
"The American woman, in her 50s, was staying with her 15-year- old son John in the hotel in the town of Jodhpur. The hotel staff discovered her body in the bathroom Friday morning. The mother and son are from Pennsylvania and landed in Jodhpur from Mumbai on Aug. 11," the official said.
The woman's son has been detained by the police as he is a suspect.
"The son had allegedly left the hotel early this morning. We have questioned him and he had admitted that he had an altercation with his mother recently," he said.
The body has been sent for autopsy.
"We are waiting for the report," the official said.