'How the f— is she still breathing?': Teen propped his phone into position then beat his grandmother to death with 'metal drinking tumbler'

A 19-year-old Kentucky antheral admitted to killing his grandma successful a brutal, unprovoked attack, hitting and kicking the 74-year-old unfortunate much than 50 times earlier beating her caput successful with a metallic drinking tumbler.

Wyatt Testerman connected Tuesday appeared successful Kenton County Circuit Court, wherever helium pleaded blameworthy but mentally sick to 1 number of execution successful the October 2024 slaying of Cheri Oliver. The plea permits Testerman to person intelligence wellness attraction during his incarceration.

According to a report from the Cincinnati Enquirer, Testerman entered a blameworthy plea without a anterior statement with prosecutors, who said they volition inactive question the maximum punishment of beingness successful prison.

Testerman acknowledged successful tribunal that helium attacked his grandma portion struggling with substance abuse.

"I had been abusing acerb for rather immoderate time," helium reportedly said. "Without crushed connected that date, I attacked my grandmother, striking her galore times and sidesplitting her."

As Law&Crime previously reported, Testerman was arrested successful October 2024 aft constabulary responded to a household quality astatine a residence connected Ridgewood Drive successful Erlanger. Officers recovered 74-year-old Cheri Oliver suffering from terrible caput trauma; she was transported to a infirmary but did not survive.

Investigators aboriginal said Testerman admitted to repeatedly beating Oliver with his fists and a metallic drinking tumbler, portion witnesses described him becoming convulsive "for nary evident reason."

Prosecutors revealed successful tribunal filings that Testerman recorded the onslaught connected his cellphone, mounting up the instrumentality earlier shoving Oliver to the level and repeatedly striking and stomping her.

Authorities said Oliver was struck much than 40 times and stomped astir a twelve times, yet dying from blunt unit trauma to the head.

At 1 constituent during the assault, helium allegedly paused to cheque her pulse and said, "How the f— is she inactive breathing?" earlier grabbing a "metal drinking tumbler" and continuing the attack.

Testerman's parent reportedly told constabulary she witnessed the onslaught and struck her lad with a cane successful an effort to halt it, portion different witnesser reported proceeding him marque disturbing statements beforehand, informing the unfortunate she would "suffer the consequences."

The lawsuit had been acceptable for trial, wherever Testerman initially planned to prosecute an insanity defense. However, his lawyer reportedly said a defence adept aboriginal determined helium suffers from antisocial property upset and that helium was "very apt nether a psychotic occurrence based upon voluntary cause use," which does not conscionable the ineligible modular for insanity.

During the plea hearing, Testerman reportedly told the tribunal helium was experiencing hallucinations but understood the proceedings.

"I didn't walk excessively overmuch clip reasoning successful reality," Testerman reportedly told the court.

Prosecutors said his past of psychosis has consistently been tied to cause use.

Testerman present faces a situation stint ranging from 20 to 50 years oregon beingness erstwhile helium appears earlier Judge Patricia Summe for his sentencing proceeding connected July 7.