- Posted May 05, 2011
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Man to claim insanity due to low sodium
MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) -- A Michigan man accused of fatally stabbing his mother after she refused to give him money for drugs is expected to claim temporary insanity due to low sodium at his murder trial.
Court-appointed lawyer Timothy Kohler said Tuesday that 38-year-old Charles Foresi experienced brain dysfunction because he suffered from hyponatremia, or a lack of salt in bodily fluids outside the cells. Kohler says Foresi wasn't being treated properly.
The Macomb Daily reports prosecutors plan to present evidence of Foresi's criminal intent in prior criminal cases to show he was not insane.
Authorities say Foresi stabbed 62-year-old Mattie Foresi Aug. 10 in their Roseville home, and her body was found the next day with 43 stab wounds.
Trial is set for June 21 in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens.
Published: Thu, May 5, 2011
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