Man To Claim Insanity Due To Low Sodium
ROSEVILLE (WWJ/AP) - Years ago, a defense attorney had claimed his client had committed a murder because of the effect of eating too many Twinkies. WWJ's Rob Sanford says now, a Roseville man is claiming he became violent because of low sodium.
Thirty-eight-year-old Charles Foresi, accused of fatally stabbing his mother after she refused to give him money for drugs, is expected to claim temporary insanity due to low sodium at his murder trial.
Court-appointed lawyer Timothy Kohler said Foresi experienced brain dysfunction because he suffered from hyponatremia, or a lack of salt in bodily fluids outside the cells.
Kohler claims Foresi was not being treated properly for his condition.
According to the Macomb Daily, prosecutors plan to present evidence of Foresi's criminal intent in prior criminal cases to show he was not insane.
Authorities say Foresi stabbed 62-year-old Mattie Foresi last year on August 10 in their Roseville home. Her body was found the next day with 43 stab wounds.
Trial is set for June 21 in Macomb County Circuit Court.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
