(MSC News)---A St. Joseph man is accused of killing his 81-year-old grandmother with a hammer.

The St. Joseph News Press reports 40-year-old Michael Courter was charged Friday with second-degree murder in connection with the late April death of Clyda Spurgeon.

According to court documents, Courter is accused of hitting Spurgeon multiple times in the head with a hammer he borrowed from her. 

She was found dead at her residence at 108 East Highland Avenue in St. Joseph on April 29th.

Courter was arrested several days later following a traffic stop in northern Michigan.  Authorities say he was driving Spurgeon's vehicle.

Courter is scheduled to be arraigned in a Buchanan County courtroom Monday afternoon.