Post by louise on Aug 2, 2007 16:50:46 GMT -5
Hi there,
I'm new to this message board so bear with me!
Three years ago my dad murdered my mum in her own home. They had been married for 28 years, not happily for all that time but who is? For about 12 years before my mum died my dad had suffered from mental illness... namely paranoid schizophrenia. My mum was disabled and could barely walk, she relied on my dad for everything. When he was well he was ok, but when he became ill he was completely different... he was REALLY nice! He wouldn't even squash a fly or spider no matter how much we begged him!
I left home in 2002 and moved in with my partner. I still saw them every day.
The last illness my dad had was the worse. He became very argumentative and would ask myself & my daughter to leave almost as soon as we got there.
I spoke to my mum the night before she died on the phone to check she was ok. She said she was fine but dad was acting very strange. She asked me if i could take her some cigarettes round because she had run out. I told her i would take her some round in the morning after my interview.
On July 19th 2004 i went to my parents house where i found my mum in her chair. At first i thought she was asleep, but something didn't feel right. It was only then that i noticed the bruise marks around her neck & the blood around her nose & mouth. I ran to my friends house where i phoned the police and ambulance. Mum was pronounced dead at the scene. She had been strangled and suffocated to death.
Dad was immediately arrested. For about three weeks after he was arrested he was asking the prison guards if my mum was going to go and see him, he had no idea what he had done.
In February 2005 he was indefinitely detained under the Mental Health Act.
I speak to him on the phone and go to visit him as often as i can, mainly for my daughters sake. She was only 5... in the space of a few weeks her whole world was turned upside down.
As for me, I try as best as i can to carry on but its really hard, miss mum so much each & every day. I thought things like this only happen to other people, just goes to prove how wrong you can be.
Thanks for listening
Louise
xx
I'm new to this message board so bear with me!
Three years ago my dad murdered my mum in her own home. They had been married for 28 years, not happily for all that time but who is? For about 12 years before my mum died my dad had suffered from mental illness... namely paranoid schizophrenia. My mum was disabled and could barely walk, she relied on my dad for everything. When he was well he was ok, but when he became ill he was completely different... he was REALLY nice! He wouldn't even squash a fly or spider no matter how much we begged him!
I left home in 2002 and moved in with my partner. I still saw them every day.
The last illness my dad had was the worse. He became very argumentative and would ask myself & my daughter to leave almost as soon as we got there.
I spoke to my mum the night before she died on the phone to check she was ok. She said she was fine but dad was acting very strange. She asked me if i could take her some cigarettes round because she had run out. I told her i would take her some round in the morning after my interview.
On July 19th 2004 i went to my parents house where i found my mum in her chair. At first i thought she was asleep, but something didn't feel right. It was only then that i noticed the bruise marks around her neck & the blood around her nose & mouth. I ran to my friends house where i phoned the police and ambulance. Mum was pronounced dead at the scene. She had been strangled and suffocated to death.
Dad was immediately arrested. For about three weeks after he was arrested he was asking the prison guards if my mum was going to go and see him, he had no idea what he had done.
In February 2005 he was indefinitely detained under the Mental Health Act.
I speak to him on the phone and go to visit him as often as i can, mainly for my daughters sake. She was only 5... in the space of a few weeks her whole world was turned upside down.
As for me, I try as best as i can to carry on but its really hard, miss mum so much each & every day. I thought things like this only happen to other people, just goes to prove how wrong you can be.
Thanks for listening
Louise
xx