A mother accused of murdering her three-week-old baby son and eating his brain was diagnosed with schizophrenia and postpartum psychosis, her family has said.
Otty Sanchez was admitted to hospital with self-inflicted stab wounds following the discovery of the baby's body in a bedroom of their home in Texas.
The 33-year-old allegedly told police that the devil made her kill her child.
Police said the woman had used a knife and two swords to dismember the baby, then eaten the child's brain and other body parts.
Authorities found the baby with three of his toes chewed off, his face torn away and his head severed.
Sanchez was released from hospital on Tuesday and has been moved to Bexar County Jail where she is being held on $1 million bond on a capital murder charge, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
Relatives said Sanchez said her mental health had deteriorated in the week before her son's death, and she had reportedly asked to see a counsellor.
The father of the baby told the San Antonio Express-News that his former partner should be executed for the alleged crime.
"She was a sweet person and I still love her, but she needs to pay the ultimate price for what she has done," Scott W. Buchholz said.
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