Isabella Guzman, murdered Her Mother In 2013
In 2013 Isabella Guzman was 18 years old when police say she brutally stabbed her mother to death, Yun Hi Moy, 79 times in the face, neck and torso on the upstairs floor of the home. Her stepfather was home and found Guzman standing over his wife, holding a knife. Guzman ran from the home and was arrested the following day.
She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, something prosecutors said was clear. Doctors told the court Guzman was schizophrenic and had suffered highly disturbing delusions for years.
He told the court Guzman did not believe her mother was in fact her mother. He testified Guzman believed she was killing a woman named Cecelia in order to save the world.
Prosecutors took that evidence very seriously. "We punish people who make decisions to do wrong when they knew better and they could have done something differently. And in this particular case I am convinced, based on the evidence that I've seen and the information that's been presented in court, that this woman did not know right from wrong and she could not have acted differently than she did, given the significant schizophrenia and paranoid delusions, audible, visual hallucinations that she was going through. I was convinced of it and I felt like in the interest of justice I had to take these steps," said then 18th Judicidial District Attorney George Brauchler.
At the time Brauchler said Guzman would stay at the state hospital until she was no longer a threat to herself or the community which could be days or for the rest of her life.
It was seven years later in 2020 when Guzman talked with Sallinger about her mental state, saying she is ready to rejoin society.
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I was not myself when I did that, and I have since been restored to full health," she said.
The fight with my mom was terrible and I was injured in the process," Guzman told Sallinger in November 2020. "I have the scars on my hand."
"I was abused at home by my family for many years. My parents are Jehovah's Witnesses, and I left the religion when I was 14, and the abuse at home worsened after I quit," she said."
Isabella Guzman's behavioral issues began at a young age. Her mother sent her to live with her biological father, Robert Guzman, when she was around seven years old due to these concerns. Guzman eventually moved back in with Hoy, but she continued to struggle throughout her teen years, and she’d soon dropped out of high school.
In August 2013, the relationship between Guzman and Yun Mi Hoy deteriorated quickly. According to her stepfather, Ryan Hoy, Guzman became “more threatening and disrespectful” toward her mother.
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, the two had a particularly nasty argument that ended in Guzman spitting in her mom’s face. According to CBS4 Denver, Hoy received an email from her daughter the next morning that simply read, “You will pay.” Terrified, Hoy called the police.
They arrived at the house that afternoon and spoke with Guzman, telling her that her mother could legally kick her out if she didn’t start respecting her and following her rules.
After seven years of hospitalization, in 2020, Guzman claimed her schizophrenia was under control and petitioned to be released from the institution.
At the same time, footage from her 2013 court hearing resurfaced and started making the rounds on TikTok — earning her a bizarre fanbase.
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