Murder suspect had hallucinations and fear months before attack, mother tells court​on April 22, 2025 at 7:59 pm

Adenyi has testified he believed he was attacking a creature when he assaulted the woman and that he had to attack first or risk being killed. He has said he only realized what he had done when he cut himself and discovered what really happened.

The jury has heard he used a kitchen knife from his home that he carried in his backpack because he was afraid.

Ferita Loyuk, his mother, told court Tuesday her son started having hallucinations in September 2021, was seeing frightening animals and would take hour-long showers to drown out the voices in his head.

“It was very real to him. I couldn’t see anything, but he opened the window and would tell them to get out,” she said. “He would say it was some kind of malevolent animal that he has never seen that was trying to hurt him and they must get out of his room.

“Not just regular animals — they were like bears … with bald heads, with big eyes.”

Loyuk said her son also began wearing his clothes backwards and would have conversations with the laces on his shoes. She said the family sought help in November and he saw a psychiatrist who prescribed Prozac for a depressive disorder.