“They said I would get over it. I murdered my mother when I was 14 and I’m 44-years old and still haven’t gotten over it.”
“You never get over that.”
“”My sister came in screaming that my step-father and mother were in the driveway fighting. I was tired of the fighting so I grabbed a pocketknife, ran out, slashed my stepfather in the face, and stabbed my mother in the chest. She kept asking for water. I cut her artery. The police came before the ambulance and took me to jail. The next day they told me she didn’t make it. I went to TDC for three years. I have been in prison five times for a total of 17 years. They kicked me out of the mission, because I broke my curfew and was out on the streets with the wrong kind of people smoking crack. I was homeless so I went to MHMR and told them I was suicidal, but because the state hospital was full, the county said they would pay for my hospitalization in this private hospital. It’s nice here, but I don’t think I will ever get over murdering my mother even though they say I will get over it.”