Isabella Guzman, Who Stabbed Mother To Death, Asks For Release From Colorado Mental Hospital

(CBS4) – A Colorado woman who brutally stabbed and killed her mother 7 years ago in Aurora wants to rejoin society after her stint in a mental hospital. Isabella Guzman stabbed Yun Mi Hoy 79 times in 2013. She was 18 at the time, and was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Guzman told CBS4 in a virtual interview that she is on medication and her sanity has been restored.

“I was not myself when I did that, and I have since been restored to full health,” she said.

Authorities said Guzman stabbed her mother in the face, neck and torso in their Aurora home on Aug. 28.

“I was abused at home by my family for many years. My parents are Jehovah’s…