Kentucky man enters insanity plea after admitting to beating his grandmother to death in recorded attack

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A Kentucky antheral admitted Tuesday to brutally sidesplitting his grandma successful an unprovoked attack, pleading blameworthy but mentally sick successful court.

Wyatt Testerman, 19, entered the plea to murder, which allows entree to intelligence wellness attraction portion successful situation nether authorities law.

He entered the plea without an statement from prosecutors, and Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders said his bureau volition question the maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

Prosecutors said Testerman recorded a video of the October 2024 onslaught connected his 74-year-old grandmother, Cheri Oliver, wrong her home.

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Wyatt Testerman, 19, pleaded blameworthy but mentally sick to murdering his 74-year-old grandma successful an unprovoked onslaught successful Kentucky. (Kenton County Detention Center)

The video allegedly shows Testerman mounting up a telephone to grounds earlier shoving Oliver to the level and beating her.

At 1 point, helium stopped to cheque her pulse and said, "How the [expletive] is she inactive breathing?"

According to tribunal filings, Testerman struck Oliver much than 40 times, including with a metallic cup, and stomped connected her astir a twelve times.

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A Kentucky teen admitted successful tribunal to sidesplitting his grandma successful what prosecutors described arsenic a brutal and unprovoked attack. (Kenton County Detention Center; Erlanger Police Department)

Police recovered Oliver unconscious successful a excavation of blood. She aboriginal died from blunt unit trauma to the head, according to the report.

Testerman’s parent told investigators she witnessed the onslaught and tried to halt him.

Another witnesser told constabulary that Testerman had earlier accused Oliver of being "suicidal and a terrorist" and warned her to enactment seated oregon "suffer the consequences."

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Prosecutors accidental a teen recorded a deadly onslaught connected his grandma successful an unprovoked assault. (Erlanger Police Department)

In court, Testerman said helium had been struggling with substance abuse.

"I had been abusing acerb for rather immoderate time," helium said. "Without crushed connected that date, I attacked my grandmother, striking her galore times and sidesplitting her."

Testerman had been expected to prosecute an insanity defence erstwhile his proceedings was acceptable to statesman May 12, but a defence adept aboriginal determined helium suffers from antisocial property disorder, his lawyer said.

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According to the report, Testerman told the justice helium was experiencing hallucinations successful the courtroom but acknowledged helium understood the proceedings.

He faces 20 years to beingness successful situation and is scheduled to beryllium sentenced July 7.

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