Man accused of killing mother pleads not guilty by reason of insanity

Lawyers considering an insanity defence wrote in court documents Frink told police he was taken from the womb and subjected to a "sadistic scientific experiment."

A man accused of killing his mother last year in a New Hampshire hospital intensive care unit has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Fifty-year-old Travis Frink appeared in Grafton County Superior Court on Tuesday. A judge accepted his plea and committed him to the state prison's secure psychiatric unit for up to five years.

Frink initially pleaded not guilty to shooting 70-year-old Pamela Ferriere multiple times.

Lawyers considering an insanity defence wrote in court documents Frink told police he was taken from the womb and subjected to a "sadistic scientific experiment."

Frink also told police he had not taken medication nor slept in a long time before the September 2017 shooting at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.

Frink has been hospitalized in the past and diagnosed with bipolar and schizoaffective disorder.