Authorities in Torrington, Connecticut arrested a man who called 911 to report drowning his mother during their usual walk at Harrybrooke Park on Monday.
Eric Meagan, 34, was charged with murder after he admitted to drowning 56-year-old Victoria Palmer at Still River to “make the demons stop.”
The woman's body was found floating face down in the water with Meagan sitting near the shore on a rock.
Meagan suffered from “significant mental health issues” and was prescribed a new anxiety medication that made his condition worse.
“He describes the demons as insects all over him but he can't see them. He can only feel them, and they have been tormenting him for weeks,” a police report said.
Meagan admitted that he had slaughtered a cat in the past hoping that his sacrifice would “quiet his demons.”
“He stated that strangling his cats was his first attempt at making the demons stop but that it was not enough,” the report added.
“When asked why he chose his mother, he stated, 'Because I love her the most.'”
