PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Chad Brix, who at one time was a civil engineer and owned a construction company before mental illness took over, pleaded guilty to stabbing his mother to death as she slept in his Lake Oswego home in 2024.

The 53-year-old pleaded guilty to murder except for insanity on Tuesday, the Clackamas County District Attorney's Office said.

More than 15 years ago, Chad Brix was diagnosed with schizophrenia and suffered from paranoid delusions, impulsivity and auditory hallucinations. He'd been hospitalized several times, the Clackamas County DA said.

On February 1, 2024, Virginia Brix drove from her home near Seattle to visit Chad. She was appointed his legal guardian in 2022 and called him daily and visited frequently, family members said in court. She also paid his ren

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