Lawyer: 45-Year History of Mental Illness for Man in Lansdale Matricide
Warren Pennick, 54, is accused of pushing his 74-year-old mother, Lorraine Pennick, down the basement stairs and cutting her throat on Halloween in their Salford Avenue home. Pennick is competent to stand trial, the Commonwealth said
Warren Pennick, 54, of 635 Salford Avenue, Lansdale, the man accused by police of murdering his mother on Halloween, had charges of felony first- and third-degree murder held for March arraignment in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas at a Skippack preliminary hearing Wednesday morning. Pennick allegedly pushed his mother, Lorraine Pennick, 74, down their basement stairs and then slit her throat, for fear of her becoming "homeless" due to their inability to pay for repairs for the home, police said. According to his attorney, Pennick has suffered with mental illnesses for 45 years, specifically paranoid schizophrenia. Clad in a red jumpsuit and donning a long, bushy white beard, Pennick shuffled into the courtroom of Judge Albert …
