By Kim Janssen
Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO — A mentally ill man stabbed his 84-year-old mom to death, and then told police that “Satan” did it, prosecutors allege.
Joseph Nerone, 54, was discovered covered in blood after he’d killed Elaine Nerone at their home on the Northwest Side on Friday morning, authorities say.
When detectives questioned him he told them that “Satan killed the victim and that Satan was inside him,” Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Terry Clancy said in court Sunday.
Nerone’s mother suffered multiple stab wounds to the head and back. Judge James Brown denied Nerone bail and ordered him taken to the hospital at Cook County Jail. Nerone has mental health issues, his attorney said.
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