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Chad Brix pleaded guilty except for insanity to the 2024 murder of his mother, Virginia Brix

Chad had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and his mother had been his legal guardian

Chad told police he believed his mother had poisoned him and that he then fatally stabbed her

An Oregon man pleaded guilty to murder after he fatally stabbed his mother, who had been his legal guardian.

Chad Brix, 53, pleaded guilty except for insanity to one count of second-degree murder on Oct. 15 in connection with the killing of his mother, 78-year-old Virginia Brix in February 2024, according to Clackamas County authorities. He was taken to the Oregon State Hospital, where he will be under the jurisdiction of the state’s Psychiatric Security Review Board.

Brix has suffered from paranoid del

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