A 34-year-old San Diego County man has been charged with murder after prosecutors said he fatally poisoned his foster mother with fentanyl and concealed her body on her Southern California property to steal her real estate assets.

Cedric von Ferdinand was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles County and is scheduled for a Thursday arraignment on one count of murder and two special circumstance allegations — killing for financial gain and administering poison — in the death of 64-year-old Nadine Jett. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty .

The victim, a retired attorney who was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, disappeared in January 2024, as reported by NBC 7 San Diego . According to prosecutors, Jett was last seen alive during a chemotherapy session on January 14, 2024.…