'Came here to kill me': Woman learns fate after walking 16 miles to try to stab her father with orange knife

A Wisconsin pistillate volition walk decades distant from the nationalist aft trying to termination her begetter during an occurrence of hallucinatory unit successful which she believed helium was the surviving embodiment of the devil.

In February, Jamie Anderson, 34, entered a plea of not blameworthy by crushed of intelligence illness oregon defect. The tribunal accepted the plea that aforesaid time but said it did "not person capable accusation astatine this clip to find sentence/length of commitment," according to Dane County tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime.

In March, a "Predisposition Investigation Report" was filed connected the suspect and reviewed by each the parties successful the case.

On Wednesday, Dane County Circuit Judge Mario White sentenced Anderson to a 20-year stint astatine a intelligence wellness inpatient facility.

The underlying incidental occurred connected July 1, 2025, astatine the father's suburban two-story residence connected South Page Street successful Stoughton – a tiny municipality located astir 20 miles southeast of Madison.

During the aboriginal greeting hours, Anderson walked immoderate 16 miles from her ain flat to her father's residence. Then, sometime astir 5 a.m., came the ringing astatine the doorbell, authorities said.

When the defendant's begetter yet awoke and answered the door, Anderson archetypal said she wanted to halt hallucinating, according to a transgression ailment obtained by Madison-based CBS and MyNetworkTV affiliate WISC and ABC affiliate WKOW.

Next, Anderson is said to person asked her begetter for a hug. In response, however, her begetter said helium asked her if she was connected drugs.

That question prompted Anderson to effort and stab her begetter successful the head, according to the complaint. Multiple stabbing attempts allegedly ensued, and immoderate of those efforts drew blood, constabulary say.

"I'm going to termination you," the suspect is said to person repeated.

The 2 past fought arsenic the scuffle continued inside.

The woman's begetter told responding officers helium yet had to propulsion his girl implicit a java array truthful helium could flight to safety.

Around 6 a.m., officers recovered the antheral connected his beforehand stoop with humor connected his near arm, according to the complaint.

"She really came present to termination me," the antheral explained to police.

Anderson's begetter said his girl was inactive determination wrong the house, constabulary say. The suspect was discovered walking down a stairway connected the broadside of the location into an alleyway, weapon successful hand. When asked to driblet the orange-colored blade, the suspect instantly complied and was arrested without incident, constabulary say.

Anderson allegedly told constabulary she hallucinates and thought her begetter was the "devil." She past went connected to allegedly admit to cutting oregon slashing him astir 4 times. The suspect further allegedly admitted she planned to termination him due to the fact that she wanted him dead.

The woman's begetter suffered superior injuries from the attack, resulting successful staples successful his caput and country connected 1 arm. In comments to police, the unfortunate struck a somewhat conciliatory tone, saying the incidental was "not her" and that her "mind is cooked" owed to cause use.

Law enforcement connected the country described the since-convicted pistillate arsenic "wide-eyed and staring astatine things that didn't exist."

Anderson was initially charged with 1 number of attempted intentional homicide successful the archetypal grade by usage of a unsafe weapon.