Sydney Powell Claims Insanity After Killing Her Mother

[@CourtTV]

MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/news/oh-v-sydney-powell-mother-stabbed-murder-trial/?

[@niroweera6704]

Will the rebuttal expert testimony be available to watch live?

[@niroweera6704]

@@JustLikeJulia9 is it only for paid accounts?

[@niroweera6704]

Huh? I can’t find it

[@claudiamontano519]

AGREE TOTALLY with Dr. Carol.

[@carolrado5730]

Her shifting eyes in intro r saying, " u all buying this insanity thing?" Sounds a full pent-up rage murder, was the mother so demanding and controlling for years and put too much pressure on her, she snapped? Idk, still, u r an adult, just leave and live your life if ur parents r that oppressive.

[@katjay3125]

If you lie to cover up a murder, you know right from wrong

[@JustLikeJulia9]

Watching the rebuttal witness right now on Court tv-Sydney’s jig is up!!!( and she knows it!!)

[@joannaryan9805]

Watching the rebuttal witness saying everything I’ve said having had many years experience my husband had mental illness you don’t switch in and out at will , you’d act odd days before and you certainly wouldn’t be able to conjure up an alibi. Pretending to be her mother calmly on the phone to the uni then smashing a window for an alibi and acting hysterical when the police arrived saying I heard a bang and mum said get out . Also asking the police is she alright is she alright that proves she knew what she had done.

[@princessmariposa828]

Exactly!!!!

[@JustLikeJulia9]

No offense… I hope you’re wrong in this case!

[@allthethingsnikki]

Absolutely!

[@MustangSally7259]

She was not having a psychotic break. She panicked because mom was gonna talk to college officials.

[@tylerthompson1842]

@@MustangSally7259 yup

[@tigerlily9981]

The family is standing by her because they don’t want to admit they raised such a person. The poor mother. Horrific way to die. They are insulting the significance of her life for their egos.

[@Juke582]

The father is lying that her and mom were friends which is not true at all!

[@texasrefugee7888]

Is exactly like the chris watts family, Just like that mckenzie girl that took out her boyfriend and his friend with her car. " not my little Jenny, Johnny!"

[@catsanddogs8983]

I'm not so sure they were so fond of the mother.

[@tigerlily9981]

Seems like if the family won’t stand up for Brenda’s life, the public will. Hope the jury and the judge will too.

[@mariahewes4723]

my thinking is that it is beyond embarrassing for this "perfect" family to have a murderer in the household. This is about optics. They think that people will sympathize with them if they think poor Sydney snapped and killed her mother, instead of what it truly was: cold blooded murder. I think this girl should be punished to the full extent of the law. She is a menace to society. RIP Brenda Powell. Your daughter is a monster.

[@666kota]

The one detail that sticks out to be the most that convinces me that she is not insane is when she answers the phone, pretending to be her mother. Her mother might not have even been dead at that point.

[@TheGodHabit]

She wasn’t!

[@jamielauro2623]

I know right 😮

[@SaintBison209]

actually is insane cuz how you gonna think you can sound like ur mom to 2 ppl that know both of u and the difference lmao

[@gracejones2831]

@@SaintBison209 that is stupidity not insanity

[@striperross4975]

That's total INSANITY that made her kill her own mother!

[@winkydinker8160]

She can “claim” whatever she wants. She is an entitled brat whose poor mother got caught in her web of lies. I hope she gets life.

[@vespermartini2556]

Her entitlement is going to cost her family all the money they have and any money they will earn in the future to pay off the lawyers for her defense and expert witnesses.

[@jakobm1291]

she DESERVES life. bludgeoning with cast iron skillet to the head and 30+ stab wounds??? c'mon. even if she was "insane" at the time of the incident... schizo/psychotic symptoms don't get that bad overnight without good reason. if she truly had those symptoms initially in the weeks prior, she should have gone to a professional. i know people get paranoid or confused in these situations, but surely people around her would have noticed if she truly acted off. apparently her own mother didn't notice and that would be strange considering when schizo symptoms start the person's behavior starts to change and becomes pretty obvious that something is wrong.

[@ShannyShan20]

​@@jakobm1291100%! You are spot on!

[@jakobm1291]

@@ShannyShan20 thank you 🙏 i'm just glad i'm not the only one who sees this. i feel like there is so much more to this story as well. we may never know the true truth.

[@donnalambert7674]

Me too

[@t.b.blazenb.p.-wb6hc]

The daughter stated to College employee she did not want her mother to know of her failure/lies at the College. It's a coverup in my opinion for a privileged child. Mother addressed the daughter, but it seems to me daughter did not want to deal w/her failure but allegedly decided to take her moms🕊️ life after she commented to daughter. Condolences to the family. 😢

[@bodhi1462]

The college can't give grade info to others in college.

[@sandrajames8998]

I agree

[@kjones7561]

Which isn't normal. This girl is psychotic.

[@marguerilla]

No she didn’t? No one testified to her saying anything of the sort. She was in denial to the point of genuine psychotic delusion. She denied that she hadn’t told her mother to school administrators. Had you watched the testimony by school officials you’d know that the woman in that office had offered to talk to her parents, thinking maybe that was why she still seemed to act like she was enrolled but she told the administrators that she had already told her parents when pressed. she never said she was afraid of her mother finding out because she was not cognizant herself of the fact that she’d been kicked out. her denial was that deep. her actions reflect that. why lie….

[@raineyj560]

​@@bodhi1462yes they can, if you put down that your parents can know your grades, they provide that info. I was able to access my son's grades.

[@triantafyllo2037]

She knew what she was doing, because for one she continued to lie to her parents, 2 how did she know to pick up the phone and pretend she is her mom talking to the people that called from the college, & 3 she lied about a break in.

[@Dan-di9jd]

I don't get it though. If you're >18 wouldn't the college talk to YOU and not your parents? This isn't grade school. I mean my parents paid for my college, but one time they did call about a refund but they called me and asked for me about it despite the check being from my parents. So I don't get how or why the parents would be called or even why she would have to pretend to be them?

[@pennybowen2725]

She killed her Mother once the phone call came into her from the school. She didn’t want her to know that she was booted out of the school, that’s why she was still hanging around once they told her to leave. She is not insane, she just didn’t want to be found out.

[@Juke582]

She was gonna be exposed for stealing a lot of money from her parents too! She used the money to pay for hotel rooms! And food outside the college! Thief! Mom was furious!

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

She was " hiding out" in hotels once booted off campus, she had some disposable income, poor, SPOILED MONSTER!

[@lynnetmb4706]

@@jeanettecoleman-mz7iebut she’s from Akron Not a great neighborhood .

[@lynnetmb4706]

@@jeanettecoleman-mz7iewasn’t she on a scholarship?

[@marjoriebridge3372]

That or those facts are true and very sad. The girl did not know how to cope. That's a learnt skill, usually in childhood and corrected by the parents. It would appear that those skills were never taught or those instances either didn't happen or were overlooked. As a parent one can't overlook serious character defects. That's what parents are for, among other things. Parents know that the child will have to cope in society when they grow up. You can't shelter a child forever.

[@frenzyviz6296]

If she was insane, temporarily or otherwise, she wouldn’t have been compos mentis enough to lie about a break in, or that her mother was on the phone when she was dead or dying. No, I don’t believe the insanity plea.

[@charisealberty309]

Justice for the mother needs to be served. Not insane just pure evil.

[@mariadavis8745]

If it was a random killing, I might have supported the insanity plea but it wasn’t random, her mother caught her out so she killed her and then on top of that she tried to deny what she did and blamed it on a burglar. None of her behaviour screams insanity to me.

[@yorkierussell9255]

Most insanity defense cases involve victims who the perpetrator knows, most often relatives. It’s extremely rare for it to be a random killing. It’s simply proximity: you’re more likely to be around family and friends than anyone else. That’s why that happens.

[@Juke582]

A rage killing to me but maybe temp insanity but we could say that about most family murders!!! I hope she doesn’t get away with this. If not 30 years in prison mental hospital will do! Just not freedom! She must be held accountable!

[@yorkierussell9255]

@@Juke582 She won’t be “free”, even if she’s found NGRI. She’ll likely be sent to a forensic mental institution, which is just as bad if not worse than prison, for an indefinite period of time. IF (and that’s a big if) she gets out, she’ll be on conditional release, which is more restrictive and worse than regular parole… and it lasts a looong time. Y’all have no idea how this process works. NGRI is not a “get out of jail free card”. There’s accountability either way. The placement, level of oversight (people in prison or on parole have more freedoms) and the presence/absence of a criminal conviction is what distinguishes between guilty vs. NGRI. Y’all gotta get educated on this topic, because y’all can’t be serving on a jury if y’all don’t know what happens to people who are found NGRI. Plus, mentally ill people who go to prison have their mental problems exacerbated because the quality of care is 💩. Prison is not designed for mentally ill offenders. That’s why reoffense rates among prisoners with mental illnesses is *high* .There are no structured treatment programs or nearly as much strict oversight. Both structured treatment programs and VERY strict oversight are in place with post-verdict NGRI, and they end up protecting the defendant and the public *BETTER* than if someone was just found guilty. The reoffense rates for people found NGRI is LOW. Much lower than mentally ill offenders in prison. Also, you really can’t say there was temp insanity with most family murders. Not even close. Y’all need to do some reading on the stats, the process, and why NGRI exists, and how it applies. It is a RARE defense.

[@shadowwalker777]

This. If she randomly attacked her mom, it would so different. Sydney was trying to continue this fake life she built of her still being in college and then adding onto it by creating yet another lie that someone broke in and now that she’s insane. And for gods sake, people cannot be this naive, you’re really acting like they didn’t go through multiple doctors until they found one who would give them the insanity plea they wanted? Which there is proof because some of the initial psychologists they spoke to said they could see her “psychosis” being fake

[@MySanty2010]

Evil!!!

[@lindat3607]

What scary to me is you can an expert witness to testify either way in Court depending on which side your on.

[@NotLikeUs17]

Playing Devil’s Advocate.

[@JaneDoe-rj4jn]

Exactly or $$$

[@jennibishop718]

​@@JaneDoe-rj4jnYESS! THAT $$$$

[@badgersandpackers5132]

Money

[@tamarevans9025]

It's ALL about money.

[@sherridonton9194]

This lady is awesome. She is 100% on target. If she is in the throes of a psychiatric episode, she wouldn't be able to fake she is her mom and plan the break in theory.

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

How is she Awesome?

[@veraellis9202]

Amen

[@catsanddogs8983]

She's awesome because her comments ring true and are rich with something called common sense.

[@mom2babygkaterad946]

@@catsanddogs8983Absolutely!

[@rtvfine2623]

Her mom said it all. “You’re scamming me” she is selfish, undermining and a pier. Her father is an enabler who will cover up, so she cannot be accountable for her behavior. Her mother was the disciplinarian and she knew it and her father who leaves his phone at work so his daughter wouldn’t know he was coming home tells it all!

[@Jams90.]

Another Sydney Powell also claimed insanity in the Georgia fraudulent electors case. She claims that she doesn’t have a relation with trump or his team. She also can’t explain why she was there giving speeches at trumps podium and claiming there were false electors. She also claims she doesn’t know rudy. HAHAHAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 NOTE TO ALL: DON’T NAME YOUR KID SIDNEY POWELL. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@deborah3912]

why did he leave his phone at work?

[@melistasy]

​@@deborah3912because they used a family app that tracks their location. He found out through the app that she was home instead of at school, so he decided to go to the house to see why she was there. He didn't want her to see in the app that he was coming home, so he left his phone at work.

[@pmshea63]

Just stop! You have no idea what really went on.

[@FaithM1976]

Yes mom knew her best!!!!

[@mariadavis8745]

If her and her mother had such a perfect relationship, why didn’t she feel she could confide in her mother about her struggles? Instead she kills the mother she supposedly loved so much. I’m sorry I’m no expert but I can’t accept that she had a psychotic break.

[@KiwikimNZ]

Exactly.

[@pmshea63]

Exactly we do not know the relationship. What did she have to gain?

[@LinusVinnportlaced]

Probably the same reason Chandler Halderson did the exact same crime for the exact reasoning. Even though their parents were loving and supportive, the shame of failure and building up of lies came crashing down. Some people are so afraid of shame, they'll kill over it. It's like those people who annihilate their whole family because they lost their well paying job.

[@Juke582]

Right! They did not have a good relationship! The father lied 🤥

[@ShannyShan20]

​@@Juke582Right?! And hearing her attorney saying,'Why did Sydney kill her best friend, her mom?' It sounds so cringe and pathetic, like he assumes that statement will make everyone think about it and believe her 'Psychotic, schizophrenic break' actually happened! Well, imo, anyone who kills another IS mentally off! Then that would be most killers in prison! Just because she's a young woman, we CAN'T ALLOW IT!

[@Pinkdiamond12]

Narcissism is not insanity

[@tigerlily9981]

👏🏼best comment

[@heathercreighton9613]

Best comment❤️

[@Derpherppington]

😂 such an over usage word.

[@joannewilson1483]

Just like chandler halderson

[@heathercreighton9613]

@@Derpherppington 'over used' is what you mean, but it isn't really over used at all. The world is full of narcissists and it's okay to say so.

[@oliviashuii364]

She wasn’t insane. She’s manipulative and her insane specialize was a temper tantrum. Spoiled

[@Jadaistyping]

Killing your mother is an insane thing to do tbh but she definitely needs prison time.

[@Dan-di9jd]

Keep in mind that being found not guilty by reason of insanity might be a worse punishment. Just because you're found "not guilty" doesn't mean you just go home and enjoy the rest of your life. If you're found insane, you're basically sent to a mental hospital where you stay probably for the rest of your life. You also lose some of your ability to defend yourself because the state found you insane and you'd have lost your rights to appeal and in many cases you'd stay longer in the hospital than you would if you were found guilty and allowed probation in the future.

[@Karenanneseven]

The husband failed Brenda miserably. What a coward 😕. I hope Ms Powell is punished for a good number of years as she is dangerous. What happens next time she gets backed into a corner. No…she needs to be punished & learn she just can’t cry & get away with stuff.

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

Yep, daddy, a GUTLESS wonder! 🤬

[@Karenanneseven]

@@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie 🙌

[@Juke582]

Yes terrible enabler dad! 😡

[@veraellis9202]

Probably spending her insurance money to defend the person that kill his wife make me understand I'm so hurt behind this she's a ungrateful spoiled brat😢😢

[@veraellis9202]

I have to take a break from this head hurts

[@seslartina]

This case reminds me of that guy who killed his parents and dismembered them because they were about to find out that he wasnt in College and wasnt working like he told them. Sad.

[@lindat3607]

These were my thoughts too.

[@CrazyMaryJo]

Chad Halderson

[@sharonalbitz4963]

And there lies her motive! 🤯

[@deloresshores8702]

​@@CrazyMaryJo Chandler*

[@Juke582]

@@CrazyMaryJochandler

[@GrannyGirl5506]

She was afraid her scam would be exposed. That's it.

[@ValerieJermon-cd2ps]

SMH .Stabbing your Mom 30 Times😳She Wanted Her Mother Dead.Insanity Bulls--t.

[@Resa461]

Her Mother who worked with troubled children, would have got her help had she been mentally challenged. She’s a murderer that’s all to it.

[@leonaleone598]

But the mother failed to see her own daughters problems! Not that she should be killed over it but there must have been signs along the way!

[@ShannyShan20]

​​@@leonaleone598it's called being a 'spoiled brat' and not ever being held accountable because her father allowed it while her mother tried to be more of an enforcer to keep her on the right track! Sydney was about to be found out! That's all this is! Bottom line! She's a killer!!

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

​@@leonaleone598mother knew she was a Liar, calling her a "SCAMMER",

[@tamarevans9025]

​@@ShannyShan20Her father is STILL allowing it, asking the court to not put poor Sydney through a trial, to simply call it all off! 😂 What a spineless simp. If you think about it, HE is the originator of this murderous behavior for allowing her to skate by with no consequences for her entire life.

[@ShannyShan20]

@@tamarevans9025 Absolutely he is! It's pathetic! I understand standing by your kids, but wanting your child to just walk after BRUTALLY killing her mom, well, we see why she's an entitled, spoiled brat for sure! He can be supportive by letting her suffer consequences and be accountable for her horrific crime and visit her in prison! Those are two ways he can be there for her! Not letting her skate for murder! Of her OWN MOTHER! That's just wrong on so many levels! She's trying to scam the courts and the jury! I really hope they don't buy it and/or give her some ridiculously light sentence like they have for other young women!

[@brendabrazell2556]

Yeah that is always the case ,she didn't want her mother to find out something she was doing wrong,her mother paid the price for her mistake.She knew exactly what she was doing.

[@user-ru1vs2cs5f]

If my family defended the person who killed me im coming back to haunt them all

[@JustLikeJulia9]

Agreed!!

[@chanel2018-k3z]

💯

[@sadiehughes6972]

Absolutely

[@emijacqueline]

RIGHT?!! Like it’s unreal

[@Jsarmy87124]

Waste of time 😢

[@betterthingstodo492]

Stop letting people plead insanity when they they outright murder someone.

[@Dan-di9jd]

That's not how the USA justice system works. It gives everyone a benefit of a doubt and ability to present their defense.

[@caterinascarcella]

No the jury won’t believe she’s insane!

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

I hope NOT!

[@margaretconnery7422]

Fingers crossed she must face her consequence and face reality. Not shielded so she can do the same thing.

[@Juke582]

Hope not! Geez 🙄 those docs seemed credible but to me their testimony was way off the rails for a 19 yr old and 2 years after the incident has to be faked to me!

[@TheSybil47]

I hope you're right. I'm so nervous, because if 1 of them believe the defense's experts, then we're back to square 1.

[@caterinascarcella]

She came up with a quick burglary story ! So obvious

[@FizzleFrazle]

Taylor Schabusiness’ jury didn’t fall for it. Let’s hope Sydney’s doesn’t either

[@LinusVinnportlaced]

It really is the year of failed insanity pleas lol. Leticia Staunch, tried it and got life. Lori Vallow tried it and got 3 life sentences. Taylor can play lady Hannibal in jail for the rest of her dusty life too lmaooo

[@JustLikeJulia9]

🤞

[@babe1er]

Taylor and Lori r pretty nuts not saying they don't deserve jail at all but they r both insane , teesha and this chick r just selfish scum well aware of what they are doing and have done

[@kelseystrouse954]

Exactly what I said. This is what happens when you have entitled kids that can't handle accountable. Period.

[@GabbyJackson-nc4gn]

I hope the jury sees past her defense BS and find her guilty. It’s such a disservice for those who truly have mental illness.

[@lindafurr2404]

All the experts bore me to death! They’re testimony matters not at all to me. The bottom line is that 20 year old (now 23) was furious with her mom and she killed her. Guilty! Send her to prison.

[@kirbcutscals]

The fact you’re not willing to hear out expert testimony from psychologists that dedicate their life to this work is very telling how credible your opinion is. Just because it doesn’t line up with your initial opinion. Shame on you.

[@lindafurr2404]

@mkirb2746 guilty on all counts! The jury and others think like I do😹

[@kirbcutscals]

@@lindafurr2404 well yea cause the jury are just regular Joe schmoes. Should have asked for judge to make the decision. Thanks for the heads up. Working and wasn’t able to see there was a verdict until your comment

[@patriciagrant4913]

I call BS on this one. All of a sudden, she became insane at precisely the moment her mother was on the phone finding out what's been going on. She then decides to terminate her mother's life. This girl has been trying to cover up what's been going at school, even staying on campus when asked to leave. The faculty could not have been more supportive of her. What a waste of a college tuition for someone who took it for granted. With that said. A kid needs to be made to feel that they can go to their parents when they are in trouble. Still, there is no excuse for taking a life.

[@t.b.blazenb.p.-wb6hc]

PTSD after taking her mom's life, allegedly. Mom talked about daughter scam her bcuz of her failure at College. Privileged & sheltered daughter reacted to her mom for address her failed grades, allegedly.

[@5GreenAcres]

Exactly.

[@lovepet4565]

Every other killer tries this whole intruder claim? And will then try to say theyre insane

[@Stargazergirl104]

She needs to be held accountable for murdering her own mother. Menta illness or not. If she gets away with this, it’s a green light for everyone with mental illness to kill. She needs to pay for what she did to her mother.

[@msangelz]

Unfortunately Sydney has been surrounded by enablers and it’s still continuing in the court room, and outside the courtroom. This is how in my opinion Sydney has been allowed to get her own way through life. I don’t believe that her family stating it was close near perfect relationships find that hard to believe. Sydney didn’t want her mother to talk to the school and killed her instead. She has reacted to what she did after the fact! PTSD , distraught, banging her head on the concrete, etc…

[@Juke582]

Yes! The father lied! Enabler 100% just sad!

[@frankwilkie3354]

Really Really hope to God that this Jury sees through these BS insanity claims and find that murdering brat Guilty of murder and then her family can still visit her miserable self in Big Girl prison

[@CrazyMaryJo]

Not insane. Entitlement exploded. 🤮

[@paulabrahimi2589]

Everyone who murders, Now, using mental illness as an excuse. She killed her mom, and she knew what she was doing. She has to be held accountable!!

[@HereKittyKittyKittyKittyKitty]

Hmm, so if a *murderer* is deemed “insane” or “under the influence”, somehow they’re less, or not responsible for THEIR ACTIONS!!? BS!

[@donnapavina8803]

Lack of a motive? She didn’t want her Mother to find out the truth.

[@babe1er]

Yeh wtf do they mean no motive r they not watching what we r watching ?!

[@ceramicvases]

She's definitely guilty and not insane, that said, it's a shame she didn't have the type of relationship with her mother where she could confide in her regarding her struggles, failure, etc. where the latter wouldn't matter.

[@tamarevans9025]

Exactly! I did some really stupid things growing up, as many people do, and I never felt that I couldn't go to my parents for help. And your mother isn't your "best friend", she's your mother, there's a big difference.

[@sharpliketac526]

she consciously smashed her mother in the head with a frying pan made a conscious choice to say she was he mother on the phone. She consciously made up the break in story. she had at most a panic attack when she was caught.. This is a spoiled brat that lied got caught and took action just sayin.. No mental health here at all. I suffer from mental health dont lie or kill people

[@Gracee54]

👍💯

[@ryanmichelle6624]

Stabbing someone 30 times ...that's just evil

[@yolandecloete2186]

Heavy metal skillet and 30 stab wounds,,,she’s a killer and will kill again

[@terrymintle7230]

This reminds me of the case of the young man, who killed his parents when they found out he flunked out of college and lied about an internship he never had.

[@Juke582]

Yes! Chandler Halderson! Exactly same

[@danadavis6097]

I just pray the jury gets it right. I don't believe she was insane. I believe she was angry and had a lot of hate at that time. But she knew what she was doing. And I'm not just speculating. I had a very similar experience with my daughter. At the time of the episode in 2019 Im sure she wanted to kill me. Thank God she didn't. For both our sakes. Our relationship has never been the same and we don't talk anymore. We were very close. Just like this girl is claiming. I wonder how it would be if her mother had lived. I think we would hear a very different narrative of what happened.

[@tinawindham6958]

I think late teens early twenties is when signs of mental illness rear their ugly heads. I don’t know why that is .

[@MortgageGirl7]

I have a cast iron skillet I cannot imagine having the strength to use it as weapon over someone’s head. It’s super heavy. She must’ve been in a serious rage! She can’t deal with the truth. I worry about her little brother- he doesn’t need to be around her. 😢

[@maggiebarrettbarrett5684]

This girl is a fraud ,hope she gets what she deserves, that poor mother !!

[@geraldinemarble1584]

My niece has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She knows when she's having a psychotic episode and she checks herself in the hospital. The doctors assured us she knows right from wrong. We have known since she was 4 or 5 that something was wrong. She was diagnosed at 13 as having a Psychosis. They couldn't definitely label it until her mid 20.

[@LostHope84]

Imagine being killed by someone you brought into this world.

[@deborah3912]

SP was jealous of her wonderful, successful mother. Her mother was on to her knowing SP was scamming her and that pissed SP off. Her father seems like a weak man, not really involved in his daughters life and let this wonderful mother handle everything. She was only in the hospital 9 days and they diagnosed her and got her on the right meds in 9 days? It doesn't work that way. Her dad bonded her out? this family is off!! Dr. Kara is right!! Question, is SP lawyer court appointed or a private attorney?

[@Juke582]

Serious enablers!!! That father lied

[@thecozyconstellation]

how anyone can do anything to their parents is beyond me :(

[@BloodBoiling]

There have been cases where a child does kill their abusive parental figures. Unfortunately, I don't believe this one is not one of them.

[@ElizabethGonzalez-jf6ks]

NOW YOU CAN KILL SOMEONE AND PLEAD INSANITY HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER WHSTWHAT

[@marciafuentes17]

This has happened many times before: person lives a life of lies and kills to keep from living the consequences of the truth.

[@princessmariposa828]

I call bs,she just didn't want her parents to know she wasn't in school,imo she would have unalived her dad too had he been home

[@catherineturley]

She wasn't insane because she strategically killed her mom 2 seconds before her lies were about to be exposed. And there are many cases where college kids kill their parents because they've dropped out of school, are trying to keep the facade going and are about to get busted.

[@soupnfresh]

Voices could have told her to do it which would be the reason why it was random.

[@debers59]

So I think these doctors are getting paid off she looks fine she is tripping about her college failure

[@katjay3125]

Yeah the spoiled brat syndrome keeps looking around to see if she's got anybody fooled

[@debers59]

@@katjay3125 right on!!

[@tracysmith3076]

Imo, she is guilty. Hope she goes to prison.

[@LinusVinnportlaced]

I could see it being insanity if: -She hadn't spent months lying about school to literally everyone around her -Somehow was sane enough to locate weapons in the household -Didn't lie before during AND after the killing

[@catsanddogs8983]

Yes and not only locate weapons but strategically bang her mum over her head a couple times rendering her unable to fight back before she got the knife and stabbed her to death.

[@Jsarmy87124]

What being insane for you ?

[@rainaeasley7863]

💯 if you trust your child, you’re not gonna have to leave your phones at work so that they don’t know you’re coming home …

[@snsn7251]

She is a lying manipulator. I hope she gets what she deserves. That is life!!

[@dinnielynngottschalkmeeker3025]

BIG TIME !

[@catherineturley]

Even if she's convicted, I would still worry about sentencing since the girl who killed her dad with acid got off easy.

[@angelainfante5469]

I feel so bad for the people that really truly have this sickness like my own daughter.

[@theresenorway]

Me too! 😢

[@letfreedomring1469]

Question... If she is found "not guilty" will she still go to insane asylum for the rest of her life?

[@grumpygranny405]

Narcissistic rage.

[@HB-pq8mh]

It is very telling on the body cam, the father comes up and does not run to his daughter and asks if she’s okay. Even though she has blood on her he is more concerned about his wife inside, no concern over his daughter sitting on the ground with blood on her. Very telling. He knows this young woman has a temper, he has seen it in the past. This young woman learned how to impression management to those she can manipulate to get her way. Her mom knew this about her, asked her if she was “scamming “ them. I bet there are instances where her temper was explosive, impulsive, so that is why her dad rushed home

[@marjoriebridge3372]

I think you have a point there.

[@sharonreyes5570]

She wasn't insane she was embarrassed and was pissed off

[@Dustandfuzz]

If she had this since she was 11 somebody would have noticed she was really weird. She doesn’t have schizophrenia. She didn’t want to feel ashamed of failing so got rid of the person that to her would shame her. She is a psycho but that’s all. So are most murderers.

[@CapreesyCup]

That’s not a big enough lie to kill your mother over . There has to be something else going on right now

[@Roxyvvro]

I also don’t believe she was insane or is insane. I agree with the speaker in pink of how she covered things up and the lengths she went to to hide everything

[@TheGodHabit]

How is this any different than the dude who killed and burned his parents in the fireplace?

[@Suzanne1999]

Not buying this for a minute. Her behavior is antithetical to the legal definition of insanity at the time of the murder. I hope the jury uses its common sense and comes to a guilty verdict.

[@jaidynallen9493]

You never see a tear from her 😢

[@dinnielynngottschalkmeeker3025]

At beginning of trial yes.

[@kathystreet7751]

She knew exactly what she was doing. And did it because her mother busted her, on all of her lies and deceit, and she didn’t like it because she got busted😢 so she snapped. Guilty. She’s a murderer..

[@CindyM372]

Does the word insanity replace the word spoilt brat?🤷🏼‍♀️

[@dinnielynngottschalkmeeker3025]

LOVE IT !😅

[@badgersandpackers5132]

I may have already said-who cares if she’s schizophrenic! Tens of thousands of schizophrenics are in prison, having had similar episodes resulting in murder.

[@CatskillsGrrl]

I thought this was going to be the other Sidney Powell and I thought ‘yeah that sounds about right.’

[@evilqueenyiayia]

I thought so too 🤣😂

[@paulaheckman9928]

The defense atty is just asking same question over and over! Enough already!!!🤬

[@shawnnewell4541]

I was originally diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder. I was psychotic. I can tell you I knew what was going on but boy are those voices hard to ignore. By the way I became this way when my thyroid gland was removed. Once I was able to find the medication that got rid of the hallucinations I was reevaluated as Bipolar 1 with a history of psychosis.

[@christieknep1795]

This is really interesting. My sister also was diagnosed as schizoaffective, but was later more correctly diagnosed as bipolar. She only hallucinates when she hadn’t slept for days. I’m so happy to hear that you’ve found medication that works for you! People like Sydney sure don’t help the very real stigma around mental illness.

[@5GreenAcres]

Bot.

[@shawnnewell4541]

@@5GreenAcres I am not a bot. This really is my experience.

[@shawnnewell4541]

@@river8760 Yes. I am. But that wasn't the medication that got rid of the hallucinations. It took a lot of trial and error.

[@michellepeppin]

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[@MG956_]

I would ask not for the "motive" but rather what " triggered" her action.. It's not always about motive.

[@nicolethiessen8443]

Seems that all of their own experts are saying the things you would normally see when someone is schizofrenic and in a psychotic break, were absent here. Combined with the fact that she made up and staged a burglary they only made me more convinced she is faking it.

[@helda4850]

How can anyone kill their own mother??? I don't get it. Now, everyone will follow suit and blame it all on "mental health"

[@tinawindham6958]

Everyone doesn’t have beaver cleevers mother. I’d have traded mine for anyone…it couldn’t have been any worse.

[@ghostdetectorsuk]

They already do every time there is a murder, stabbing or a serious crime in the UK it’s claimed mental health is responsible 😢

[@alexanderbarros7860]

Is this trial being televised live?

[@leonaleone598]

From a not sick mind, one could claim that about a lot of murders! Some of us think it sounds crazy to begin with to even think of killing our parent because of our own downfall!

[@qilove0209]

I think she went crazy in that moment. She definitely snapped.

[@mariastewart8810]

Why they always use the INSANITY plea when they commit murder? Also not everyone can deal with college education. 😮

[@mlsa9520]

Hope this young lady gets locked up for life! Justice for her mother. This is a case of her being a spoiled, dishonest, lazy brat!

[@sharonkriskovich5911]

Dr.obradovich was outstanding on the stand she stood straight up when the defence tried to trip her up best witness yet for the state knew her stuff

[@ShannyShan20]

Yeah, she was great! Didn't get all twisted up on the stand! Was firm on what she knows!

[@irisvalencia-mujica9053]

To take someone life, TO KILL a person has to have a mental disturbance. YOU KILL. YOU SHOULD GO TO PRISON FOR THE REST OF YOUR MOTHER.

[@marielb5568]

I didn't know she pretended to be her mom after the murder...

[@10sherra]

She was caught ,only thing she could do was claim to be insane. She snapped when her mother made that call to the Dean .The text shows her mother was angry with her and Sydney couldnt take the truth coming out about all her lies for months she had been telling.

[@jooliagoolia9959]

If there was a mental break, when she came out of it she would be inconsolable for what she did and would still be a complete emotional mess from doing it. There is none of that in this case. Andrea Yates keeps herself locked up after being offered parole a few times. Andrea will never let herself out because of what she did. This defendant like most others throwing mental health issues at the wall to see if they stick is a different situation completely.....

[@GlassOnion.]

This has echos of Chandler Halderson.

[@FMT2003]

Totally!!! It’s very similar!

[@Suzie-he9ni]

These two ladies expressed exactly what the majority are thinking.

[@CapreesyCup]

You don’t go from highschool honor roll teen , to a very short time later flunking out of college and killing your mother AFTER ,she already was confronted with that information, I believe she did go insane temporarily, there is NO WAY SHE JUST HAD THE ABILITY TO KILL HER MOTHER IN SUCH A WAY WHILE SHE WAS ON THE PHONE ,knowing the mom could have screamed her name and the people on the phone would have heard that !

[@GoodGolly.MissLolly]

So, she just happened to have a psychotic break whilst her mother was literally in the process of uncovering her lies? Hmm…

[@DeeLite220]

Incredible timing, I agree.

[@peterbustin2683]

Theyve got to find her guilty, surely...

[@deborahhegarty791]

Exactly! Nothing the Dad or Grandmother said tells a story about a close-knit, loving family. What they said tells me they were a normal family. Didnt sound to me like her mother and Sydney were best friends. This girl is a spoiled rotten child-like narcissistic murderer. Get her off the streets!!