Sydney Powell was a 19-year-old college student in March 2020, when she bludgeoned and stabbed her 50-year-old parent to death.

Now 23, the jury heard that she killed her mum with frying pan and knife after the woman discovered her college secret

Powell of Akron, Ohio, USA was found guilty of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence in the brutal death of health care worker Brenda Powell

“In March of 2020, Powell struck Brenda Powell in the head with an iron skillet, then stabbed her nearly 30 times in the neck,”

She was afraid her mother would discover that she’d been kicked out of college – prosecutors said

Powell, a former Mount Union University student, sobbed in the Summit County Common Pleas courtroom after a jury found her guilty on Wednesday, September 20

She faces up to a maximum of life behind bars with possible parole after 15 years

Sydney Powell sitting next to her attorney Don Malarcik, dissolves in tears after she was found guilty of murdering her mother. She faces up to a maximum of life behind bars with possible parole after 15 years

A 23-year-old woman from Akron, Ohio was found guilty of killing her mother by beating her with a frying pan and stabbing her dozens of times because she had found her secret – that the younger woman had been kicked out of college.
Sydney Powell of Akron, Ohio, USA was found guilty Wednesday of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence in the brutal death of health care worker Brenda Powell, 50, three years ago, according to the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office.
“In March of 2020, Powell struck Brenda Powell in the head with an iron skillet, then stabbed her nearly 30 times in the neck,” the office said in a release.

Sydney Powell, 23, was found guilty Monday of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence in the brutal death of health care worker Brenda Powell, 50, in Sept. 2020

Powell, a former Mount Union University student, sobbed in the Summit County Common Pleas courtroom after a jury found her guilty on Wednesday last week, September 20, the Akron Beacon Journal reported.
Sydney Powell could receive a maximum of life behind bars with possible parole after 15 years, with additional time for the evidence tampering conviction..
The defendant was a 19-year-old college student in 2020, when she bludgeoned and stabbed her 50-year-old parent to death.
Summit County Sheriff’s Office Prosecutors said Powell attacked her mother, Brenda Powell, who worked as a child life specialist at Akron Children’s Hospital while she was on the phone with officials from her school.

Police found Brenda Powell inside her home with severe injuries on March 3, 2020. Both she and her then-19-year-old daughter were taken to a hospital, where Brenda eventually died.

During the trial, the defense argued Sydney suffered from schizophrenia and therefore could not be held accountable for the murder.
James Reardon, one of three defense experts who made the diagnosis, said Sydney suffered a psychotic break when she killed her mom, whom she had considered her best friend.  
However, Sylvia O’Bradovich, a psychologist hired by prosecutors, disagreed with the diagnosis and said Sydney didn’t meet the legal definition of insanity at the time of the crime.
O’Bradovich acknowledged that Sydney suffers from mental health issues, including borderline personality traits, malingering and an anxiety disorder.

Sydney Powell was supposed to be a student at Mount Union University, in Sept. 2020, when she killed her mother by beating her with a frying pan and stabbing her more than 30 times, because she mom had found her secret – that she had been kicked out of college

Steven Powell, Sydney’s father and Brenda’s husband, and maternal grandmother Betsy Brown had urged prosecutors to reach a resolution without a trial, according to the outlet.
But the prosecution said it wanted a jury to decide.
“Sydney stopped attacking with the pan, presumably went to the kitchen with a knife,” Assistant Prosecutor Brian Stano said.
“She had to switch weapons and keep attacking her,” he said, adding that Sydney carried out the deadly attack because she didn’t want her secret to be revealed.  
“Just the knife just in the neck multiple times? That is purposeful. That is trying to end someone,” Stano said.
Powell’s sentencing is scheduled for September 28.