GUILTY MO - Judith Roth, 54, murdered in her Springfield home, 29 May 2009

[Kathee]

A twenty three year-old Greene County man with a history of mental illness has been charged with second degree murder for killing his mother and the homicide appears to be religiously motivated.

http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2009/06/did-son-allegedly-kill-mother-for.html

 

[CyberLaw]

Obviously the man is mentally ill and violent. Assault most of the times, can and does turn into a violent act.

But a lot of mentally ill people "embrace" religion and "sometimes" use religion to "negate" their responsibility for the crimes they act upon.

This is sad, what is a Mom to do, just "give" up her son, it seems that this young man was very disturbed.

Sad, but not unusual....

 

[OkieGranny]

From February 2012:

http://articles.ky3.com/2012-02-03/second-degree-murder_31023461

A man from Springfield pleaded guilty on Friday for murdering his mother in their home nearly three years ago.

Skyler Russo, 26, received a 25-year prison sentence for second-degree murder for suffocating Judith Roth.