A man who allegedly killed his mother in El Cajon and then led police on a chase with her body inside the car was behind bars Wednesday, police said.

Police said that the caller was checking on his mother after she didn’t return home after visiting her other son.

A crash during a police chase ended with the discovery of a woman’s body in the vehicle’s trunk, California cops reported. Officers began pursuing a black Hyundai Sonata that had reportedly been involved in a possible kidnapping at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, El Cajon police said in a news release.

Police officers and a San Diego-based helicopter stopped a suspected kidnapper and made a shocking discovery in his trunk.

Police in California found the body of a 51-year-old woman in the trunk of a car being driven by her 24-year-old son following a pursuit where he tried to escape police.

Police made the grisly discovery after the driver they were chasing crashed into multiple vehicles in San Diego County.

The body of a dead woman was recovered from her car trunk after a failed attempt by one of her sons to flee from police in El Cajon, California.

The suspect in a pursuit in El Cajon Tuesday night that ended with the discovery of a dead woman in the trunk of the vehicle was related to the victim, police said in an update.

The suspect's brother discovered their mom's lifeless body in the trunk of her car, according to police in El Cajon