Mentally Challenged Woman Kills Father With Wooden Club In Goa
The accused returned home after attending prayers for Easter, and attacked her father with a wooden club when he was asleep, police said.
Police said the accused has been living with her father after her divorce.
The incident occurred after the accused Marianne Cardoso returned home after attending prayers.
She attacked her father Fidelis Mariano Pedda with a wooden club when he was asleep, a Cuncolim police official said.
Marianne’s mother had gone to her sister’s place at the time of the incident.
The accused has been arrested and sent to the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour as she was already undergoing treatment for her mental situation, the official said.
Police said Marianne has been living with her father after her divorce in the year 2000.
The immediate trigger behind the murder cannot be known, the official said.
