A New York lady charged with murdering her mom known as the police after the assault and admitted to the crime, in accordance with a number of stories.
Skydajah Patterson stated, “I simply killed my mother,” to a 911 dispatcher following the incident inside a third-floor Bronx condo on Monday morning, the New York Publish reported.
Police allege that the 26-year-old used a kitchen pot to beat Selma Mclean, leaving her unresponsive with accidents to her head. The sufferer was taken to a neighborhood hospital and was pronounced useless.
Patterson, who claimed she was defending herself, was taken into custody this week. Atlanta Black Star contacted the New York Police Division for remark.
Members of the family informed the New York Each day Information that Patterson’s psychological well being took a flip after she gave start to a stillborn final summer time. Earlier than the assault, she was not too long ago discharged from a psychological well being heart.
Danaeyah Reynolds stated the 46-year-old sufferer expressed that she was afraid of Patterson moments earlier than she was killed.
“[Patterson] was in a psych ward in February till final week,” Reynolds stated throughout an interview with the Publish. “She began listening to voices and began talking in a person’s voice final night time. My godmother stated she was afraid.”
When Reynolds, Mclean’s goddaughter, acquired to the condo unit, she “simply noticed blood” on the scene.
This isn’t the primary time Patterson allegedly acquired right into a dispute with McLean. In accordance with NBC New York, her mom had known as the police on two different events. A earlier assault occurred in February.
“It was with knives that point,” Reynolds added, per the Publish. “The demons, the voices in her head have been telling her, ‘Your mother is out to get you; your mother is a foul individual — be careful for her!’”
Because the Each day Information reported, Patterson not too long ago acquired her bachelor’s diploma from Lincoln College in 2022 and was additionally an award-winning collegiate athlete. She was acknowledged because the 2019 Spalding Nationwide Junior Faculty Athletic Affiliation Division III Girls’s Basketball Participant of the 12 months.
Regardless of the incident, Reynolds says she plans to be by Patterson’s aspect: “I’m going to be at court docket for each court docket date [Patterson] has. That’s my sister. I don’t need her to really feel like she’s alone,” per the outlet.
