This is the son who beheaded his mother and kicked her head along the street before jumping under a train in New York.
Mentally-ill
Derek Ward, 35, decapitated his 66-year-old mother, Patricia, on
Tuesday night before dragging her body outside their apartment in
Farmingdale, New York, in what neighbours thought at first was a
Halloween prank.
It
was claimed today Prof. Ward was two days away from an appointment to
get Derek the medication he had been without for four days, that could
have saved her life.
'She had an appointment set up for (Friday),' her brother, the Rev. Robert Lubrano, told the New York Daily News. 'She finally met a compassionate psychiatrist, but she'll never make it to see him.'
Describing
Derek as a 'sick, sick boy', Rev. Lubrano said Derek had battled
psychiatric issues for ten years, but had never shown any signs of
violence.
He said: 'He killed my sister because we couldn't get the prescriptions he needed. For four days, he didn't have his meds.
'She's
dead because he had a mental illness, and we didn't know how serious it
was. We're in terrible shock. She was a wonderful person.'
Derek
had apparently sat with his mother's mutilated body for a few minutes
inside their blood-spattered home following the brutal attack before
taking it outside and kicking her head 20 feet.
Neighbours
initially thought it was part of a Halloween prank and tried to pick up
the body. As they were doing so, Derek jumped in front of an oncoming
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train.
Rev.
Lubrano told the paper Derek, who had attention deficit disorder and was
dyslexic, was too old to be covered by his mother's insurance and they
struggled to find a doctor who would accept Medicaid.
But
he said they finally found one at a cost of $200 for a 20 minute visit,
adding that his sister did 'everything she could to keep him alive'.
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Tragic: Beheading victim Patricia Ward taught language arts for 28 years at Farmingdale State College in New York
Brutal killing: Neigbours who discovered the body in the street initially thought it was a Halloween prank
He
said Derek's behaviour had become increasingly erratic in the days
leading up to the tragedy, describing how, one evening, she had dropped a
fork while making him dinner, making him angry.
'He said the noise hurt his head,' Rev Lubrano said. 'She was begging him to go to the emergency room, but he wouldn't.'
Prof Ward's other son, Robert, died of a heroin overdose in 1997. She was divorced from their father, John.
Prof
Ward was a much-loved teacher of language arts for 28 years
at Farmingdale State College, a colleague told MailOnline today.
The female victim's body lay in the street on Tuesday night as horrified residents looked on from their homes
A police officer surveys the horrific
scene in Farmington on Tuesday night where a mentally-ill son beheaded
his college professor mother
Vice
President for Institutional Advancement, Patrick Calabria, said:
'Patricia Ward was a member of the campus for 28 years. She was
well-known, well-liked, and well-respected. The campus is a very sad
place today.'
Derek was found to be carrying a pistol and 100 valiums when he died.
Prof Ward was believed to have suffered multiple stab wounds and broken ribs before she died.
She
was an assistant professor of language arts at the Long Island
Educational Opportunity Center where she worked with high school
students who need help to become prepared for college, Mr Calabria
added.
The victim was a woman in her 60s,
authorities said on Tuesday. The suspect allegedly killed himself by
jumping in front of a train soon after the brutal killing
Neighbors in the Long Island
neighborhood reportedly picked up the beheaded corpse only to realize
that it was not a Halloween prank but a real victim
A train passes near a crime scene in
Farmingdale, New York on Wednesday. Police reportedly found the
decapitated body of a woman outside an apartment complex believed to
have been beheaded by a man who then jumped to his death in front of a
Long Island train
Nassau County Police were investigating on Wednesday following the horrific murder close to this Farmingdale apartment complex
One neighbour, Nick Gordon, told the New York Post: 'I saw the lady laying right in front and her head was across the street, close to the corner. I thought ''holy s***!'''
He added there was blood smeared down the stairs of the apartment block as if someone had dragged a body.
Nassau
County Police Department would not confirm today that a decapitation
had taken place but were investigating a link between then murder and
the suicide.
The LIRR issued multiple notices to passengers on Twitter on Tuesday, noting service changes and cancelled trains.
One
message read: 'The 7.11PM train from Penn due Ronkonkoma at 8:33PM
delayed east of Bethpage due to an unauthorized person on the tracks
struck by the train.'
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