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Ohio woman, 23, faces life sentence after murder conviction for beating her mother with a frying pan and stabbing her 30 times after mom discovered her secret – she’d been kicked out of college

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1515&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sydney Powell was a 19-year-old college student in March 2020&comma; when she bludgeoned and stabbed her 50-year-old parent to death&period;<&sol;strong> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1515&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Now 23&comma; the jury heard that she killed her mum with frying pan and knife after the woman discovered her college secret <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1515&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Powell of Akron&comma; Ohio&comma; USA was found guilty of murder&comma; felonious assault and tampering with evidence in the brutal death of health care worker Brenda Powell <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1515&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In March of 2020&comma; Powell struck Brenda Powell in the head with an iron skillet&comma; then stabbed her nearly 30 times in the neck&comma;” <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1515&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She was afraid her mother would discover that she&&num;8217&semi;d been kicked out of college <strong>&&num;8211&semi; prosecutors said <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1515&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Powell&comma; a former Mount Union University student&comma; sobbed in the Summit County Common Pleas courtroom after a jury found her guilty on Wednesday&comma; September 20 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a1515&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She faces up to a maximum of life behind bars with possible parole after 15 years<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Sydney-Powell-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451125"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Sydney Powell sitting next to her attorney Don Malarcik&comma; dissolves in tears after she was found guilty of murdering her mother&period; She faces up to a maximum of life behind bars with possible parole after 15 years<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A 23-year-old woman from Akron&comma; 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 &&num;8211&semi; that the younger woman had been kicked out of college&period;<br>Sydney Powell of Akron&comma; Ohio&comma; USA was found guilty Wednesday of murder&comma; felonious assault and tampering with evidence in the brutal death of health care worker Brenda Powell&comma; 50&comma; three years ago&comma; according to the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In March of 2020&comma; Powell struck Brenda Powell in the head with an iron skillet&comma; then stabbed her nearly 30 times in the neck&comma;” the office said in a release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Sydney-Powell-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451126"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Sydney Powell&comma; 23&comma; was found guilty Monday of murder&comma; felonious assault and tampering with evidence in the brutal death of health care worker Brenda Powell&comma; 50&comma; in Sept&period; 2020 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Powell&comma; a former Mount Union University student&comma; sobbed in the Summit County Common Pleas courtroom after a jury found her guilty on Wednesday last week&comma; September 20&comma; the Akron Beacon Journal reported&period; <br>Sydney Powell could receive a maximum of life behind bars with possible parole after 15 years&comma; with additional time for the evidence tampering conviction&period;&period;<br>The defendant was a 19-year-old college student in 2020&comma; when she bludgeoned and stabbed her 50-year-old parent to death&period;<br>Summit County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office Prosecutors said Powell attacked her mother&comma; Brenda Powell&comma; who worked as a child life specialist at Akron Children’s Hospital while she was on the phone with officials from her school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Brenda-Powell-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451124" style&equals;"width&colon;812px&semi;height&colon;1006px" width&equals;"812" height&equals;"1006"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Police found Brenda Powell inside her home with severe injuries on March 3&comma; 2020&period; Both she and her then-19-year-old daughter were taken to a hospital&comma; where Brenda eventually died&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>During the trial&comma; the defense argued Sydney suffered from schizophrenia and therefore could not be held accountable for the murder&period;<br>James Reardon&comma; one of three defense experts who made the diagnosis&comma; said Sydney suffered a psychotic break when she killed her mom&comma; whom she had considered her best friend&period;  <br>However&comma; Sylvia O’Bradovich&comma; a psychologist hired by prosecutors&comma; disagreed with the diagnosis and said Sydney didn’t meet the legal definition of insanity at the time of the crime&period;<br>O’Bradovich acknowledged that Sydney suffers from mental health issues&comma; including borderline personality traits&comma; malingering and an anxiety disorder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;Sydney-Powell-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-451127"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Sydney Powell was supposed to be a student at Mount Union University&comma; in Sept&period; 2020&comma; when she killed her mother by beating her with a frying pan and stabbing her more than 30 times&comma; because she mom had found her secret &&num;8211&semi; that she had been kicked out of college<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Steven Powell&comma; Sydney’s father and Brenda’s husband&comma; and maternal grandmother Betsy Brown had urged prosecutors to reach a resolution without a trial&comma; according to the outlet&period;<br>But the prosecution said it wanted a jury to decide&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sydney stopped attacking with the pan&comma; presumably went to the kitchen with a knife&comma;” Assistant Prosecutor Brian Stano said&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She had to switch weapons and keep attacking her&comma;” he said&comma; adding that Sydney carried out the deadly attack because she didn’t want her secret to be revealed&period;  <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just the knife just in the neck multiple times&quest; That is purposeful&period; That is trying to end someone&comma;” Stano said&period;<br>Powell’s sentencing is scheduled for September 28&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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