Daniel Uhlman of Westboro charged in brutal death of 82-year-old mother outside Marlboro hotel
MARLBORO - Showing little emotion in the courtroom, 53-year-old Daniel Uhlman faced a judge Friday.
Prosecutors said the Westboro man killed his mother, 82-year-old Nancy Uhlman, in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn on Lakeside Avenue in Marlboro.
Uhlman allegedly walked into the lobby of the Holiday Inn "and told the hotel staff that he had just killed his mother, Nancy Uhlman, out in the back of the hotel and had asked them to call the police. He was reported to have blood on his hands," said prosecutor Meghan McGovern. The incident happened on Thursday shortly after 12:30 p.m. Investigators said Uhlman told police specific details as to how he killed her.
Prosecutors said Uhlman had been staying at this Holiday Inn since the beginning of May. He allegedly asked his mother to come and visit him at the hotel with the intention of killing her. At one point, prosecutors said he asked his mother to drive and park to the back of the hotel so they could smoke cigarettes. When she pulled around back, that's when he allegedly began his vicious attack on his mother.
"He pulled her out of the vehicle. He then indicated at this point he slammed her face and head into the pavement approximately 20 times. He pulled out his butter knife that had been in his pocket, and he began to attempt to stab her with it," she said.
Police said she was able to fight back, grabbing hold of the knife. That's when he ran back to her truck.
"He said that he drove the truck at his mother running her over, which he stated was to ensure she was, in fact, dead," McGovern said.
Back in February 2014, Uhlman was accused of stabbing his mother several times in their home in Westboro.
Dr. Hilary Novak is a forensic psychologist and knows Uhlman from when she worked at Bridgewater State Hospital. She said he's a client of the Department of Mental Health and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
"He is endorsing ongoing command auditory hallucinations to harm to self and others," Novak explained.
His defense attorney and the Uhlman family left the courthouse with very little to say.
"I think it's a failure by DMH," said defense attorney Joseph Perullo.
