Deputies: Mentally ill Florida man kills mom, injures dad

Author: Associated Press
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MGN Online

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) – Palm Beach County Sheriff’s officials say a 49-year-old beat his parents with a crowbar, killing his 83-year-old mother.

The attack occurred Tuesday as Thomas and Delena Schneiders were on their way to church. Deputies say 84-year-old Thomas Schneiders says he made it out alive by playing dead inside his Lake Worth house for hours.

The Palm Beach Post (http://pbpo.st/1Nw4Z33 ) reports Thomas Schneiders II was diagnosed with schizophrenia seven months ago. He had lived with his parents for five years.

According to a sheriff’s office report, the son became angry with his parents because they’d scheduled a doctor’s appointment for June 30.

The younger Schneiders was ordered held without bail. Lawyer Michael Salnic has declined comment.

The father was treated and released from the hospital.

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