A psychotic woman left many wondering after she shot her mother dead in cold blood before sending the gruesome pictures to her father.
Rachel Hutson
A heartless woman who shot dead her 58-year-old mother identified as Susan Lee Hutson and texted the horrifying image of the body to her dad has been jailed.
Rachel Hutson, 21, was sentenced in Chesapeake Circuit Court this week after pleading guilty to murder and use of a firearm in an incident which happened in Indian River, Florida.
The court was told how she was the carer for her mother since the age of nine, who had congestive heart failure, diabetes and kidney failure. Rachel said that she was planning to commit suicide, but felt bad that her mother would have to find the body.
Rachel in court
Donald Hutson her father testified that on the early morning of the killing he had taken away his daughter's computer privileges because he was tired of her messy room and bad attitude.
Once he saw the picture of his wife's body, his daughter threatened to commit suicide, so he put off calling 911 for 90 minutes. His plan was to draw his daughter outside, and then tackle her and tie her up. But she came out of the house calmly, without a fight.
He called police and had her arrested.