Shearly Gaines, 69, is accused of killing her mother, Mae Brown, inside her apartment in Bronzeville.
Shearly Gaines, 69, appeared in bond court where prosecutors said she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and the victim, Mae Brown, was the payee of her Social Security disability payments.
Video surveillance from the front lobby caught Gaines returning the following day and entering the apartment. During this time, she was seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and carrying a blue purse, prosecutors said. Brown's daughter last spoke to her the day before on Oct. 14 around 5:02 p.m. and learned that Gaines was at the apartment and was told to leave, according to phone records.
A postmortem examination was conducted the next day and the cause of death was ruled a homicide from multiple assault injuries. Examiners say the sharp wounds didn't penetrate the scalp, but an internal examination discovered a one-to-two-inch ring inside Brown's throat cavity.
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