A deranged man who stabbed his philanthropist mother to death in their Upper East Side apartment more than three years ago was so insane he's not guilty of the horrific crime, a Manhattan jury decided Thursday.
Jonathan Schwartz grabbed a knife from the kitchen and plunged it into his mother Barbara Fischler while she slept because she'd restricted him to two packs of cigarettes a day and limited his soda intake, Assistant District Attorney Steve Nuzzi argued.
But the defense countered that Schwartz, a diagnosed schizophrenic, murdered his mom during a psychotic break. The housekeeper testified at trial that she never saw Schwartz as crazy as the day before the July 2 2012 murder.
She went into his room and saw him staring at the wall, laughing, she told jurors.
"We believe certainly our client was not legally responsible under the law," said defense lawyer Daniel Gotlin. "This way he'll be able to go to a hospital and get the treatment he needs but there's no victory here for anybody. It's a human tragedy.""
The murder of Fischler was the first in a series of tragedies for the family. Schwartz's stepfather, Burton Fischler, squandered almost all of her $5.8 million fortune on risky short-sales, according to a civil lawsuit brought by her first husband.
Schwartz's brother Kenneth committed suicide about six months after learning that his stepdad had wiped out the inheritance.
Fischler was the daughter of the late financial guru Norman Weiden and headed a charity named after him.
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