19-year-old woman charged with killing her mom in Lancaster

A 19-year-old Lancaster woman was charged on Tuesday with murdering her mother, who was found dead Sunday in Lancaster.

Destiny Hammack is set to be arraigned this afternoon at the Lancaster courthouse.

Sheriff's deputies called about 2 p.m. Sunday to the 45300 block of Seventh Street East found 62-year-old Diane Hammack dead. She had suffered blunt force trauma to her upper body, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner.

Her daughter was arrested about 2:30 p.m. Sunday and was jailed in lieu of $2 million bail.

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lancaster Station.

CNS contributed to this story.