Who is Otty Sanchez? Here’s what we know about the woman who killed her three-and-a-half-week-old son and ate his body parts. 

Otty Sanchez is an American woman who murdered her child.

The incident took place in 2009. At that time, Otty was suffering from various forms of psychosis.

Who Is Otty Sanchez?

Otty Sanchez is an American who killed her child, Scott Wesley Buchholtz-Sanchez, and ate his body parts, including the brain.

On 26 July 2009, police found a decapitated three-and-a-half-week-old infant in the bedroom of a home in Texas after they got a call at about 5 a.m. from the murderer’s sister, Priscilla Garcia. The child’s mother was screaming her throats out about killing her son, sitting on a couch. She said she did it because a devil asked her to do so.

Three days later, the authorities made a desperate 4-minute long 911 call available to the public.

After murdering her son, Otty tried to commit suicide, stabbing herself in her chest and stomach. The investigators collected a sword, a machete, and a kitchen knife as evidence and took the critically injured 33-year-old woman to a local hospital.

Likewise, they also found her sister’s two children, then 5 and 7, unharmed at the place. The incident took place a week after she had a fight with her boyfriend and moved in with her parents.

Following the incident, the authorities charged her with capital murder. However, she didn’t face trial as the court found her not guilty because of insanity on 30 June 2010. Instead, they directed her to a state mental institution in Vernon, Texas.

Nonetheless, Otty’s boyfriend, Scott W. Buchholz, wanted her to receive a death sentence. The two had met six years before the horrific incident. At that time, they were studying to be pharmacists assistants.

Reportedly, she had postpartum depression, and just a week before killing her son, she was schizophrenic. Further, she had half a decade’s worth of history full of hospitalizations due to mental issues. After the birth of her child, she spent some hours in an emergency room as she was hearing voices in her head.

The lawers later submitted mental evaluations of Otty with the help of three separate doctors, including Randall Sellers and Lucy Puryear. The report portrayed her as a woman beaten, molested, and diagnosed with various forms of psychosis.

Otty Sanchez Baby Pictures – Is She Still In Jail?

The pictures of Otty Sanchez’s baby are available on different websites, including Murderpedia.

Although she killed her infant, she is currently not in jail. Reportedly, the court found her not guilty by reasons of insanity. However, her current whereabouts remain unknown. Probably, she is still in a mental institution.