Woman Found Insane In Grandmother’s Death

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — A Covington-area woman who fatally stabbed her 85-year-old grandmother in April has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Authorities say 31-year-old Ashley Von Hadnagy committed the killing because she thought the voice of Fidel Castro was commanding her to do so. A judge on Monday ordered Van Hadnagy to undergo treatment at the state forensic psychiatric hospital.

The Times-Picayune said Rita Quaglino, of New Orleans, had a butcher knife plunged into her liver while visiting Von Hadnagy and her mother. She died nine days later and Von Hadnagy was charged with second-degree murder.

Court-appointed experts testified that Von Hadnagy had a severe psychotic episode.