Sydney beat her mother with an iron skillet and stabbed her multiple times. She did this after her mother had discovered that she had been kicked out of college.
From The New York Post:
“In March of 2020, Powell struck Brenda Powell in the head with an iron skillet, then stabbed her nearly 30 times in the neck,” the office said in a release.
Powell, a former Mount Union University student, sobbed in the Summit County Common Pleas courtroom after a jury found her guilty Wednesday, the Akron Beacon Journal reported.
Police found Brenda inside her Scudder Drive home with severe injuries on March 3, 2020.
She and her then-19-year-old daughter were taken to a hospital, where Brenda died.
Prosecutors said Powell attacked her mother — a child life specialist at Akron Children’s Hospital — while she was on the phone with officials from her school.
During the trial, the defense argued Sydney suffered from schizophrenia and therefore could not be held accountable for the murder.
James Reardon, one of three defense experts who made the diagnosis, said Sydney suffered a psychotic break when she killed her mom, whom she had considered her best friend.
Just looking at Sydney, she appears like any average, sweet young lady. Which makes the heinous acts she committed all the more disturbing.
It really makes you wonder what on earth made her snap and kill her own mother like this?
