Edmonton judge finds woman who killed daughter not criminally responsible
EDMONTON — An Edmonton mother who was mentally ill when she nearly decapitated her daughter has been found not criminally responsible in the young woman’s death.
A judge has ruled that Christine Longridge intended to kill her daughter, Rachael, who was 21 and a nursing student when she died in December 2016.
But the judge said a mental disorder prevented Longridge from understanding that what she was doing was morally wrong.
Longridge pleaded not guilty at the start of her trial last week to second-degree murder and possession of an offensive weapon.