Antony Baekeland is infamous for stabbing his mother to death when he was 25 years old. His act that led to the death of his mother is what caused the headline that made people to know him and become curious about his life.
What surprised many people even more was the fact that when the police arrived ta the scene of murder, they found Antony placing a telephone order for Chinese food. His mother was a wealthy socialite and her murder spread widely and many people followed the events of the investigation on the sad murder that had occurred. Here, we will also cover the same while talking about Antony Baekeland and his late mother.
Who is Antony Baekeland?
Well, Antony Baekeland is the son of the late wealthy socialite Barbara Baekeland. Many people only came to learn about him after the headlines of him killing his mother. Antony was born on August 28, 1946. He was the son of the late Barbara Daly Baekeland and Brooks Baekeland. He was also the grandson of Nina Daly.
Antony had no siblings and was raised up by his parents with the wealth that they had enough to cater to his wants. Other insights about the life of Antony Baekeland are not known. For instance, details of his childhood and upbringing were not shared by his family.
Besides, he loved keeping a private life. Therefore, even details such as his education background remains unavailable online.
Details of the Murder of Barbara Baekeland
Antony’s mother was a wealthy socialite. However, sad headlines of her getting stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by her son caught every by surprise. Antony was 25 years old when he executed the horrific act and it occurred in Baekeland’s penthouse in London, England.
Things became more surprising when the police arrived. Antony seemed comfortable and he was calmly placing a telephone order for Chinese food. Unfortunately, it was discovered that Antony and her mother had issues.
It was reported that Antony’s mother had attempted suicide several times and this was because she was greatly distressed with the fact that her son was homosexual. She didn’t accept the reality and it depressed her.
As for Antony, he demonstrated signs of schizophrenia and his father sidelined it terming it psychiatry “professionally amoral” and even declined paying for his treatment. Barbara and her son developed a tempestuous mother-son relationship that even friends close to them noticed.
The situation was getting worse and Antony’s erratic behavior was a cause for concern. Moreover, Barbara and Antony had exchanged several threatening arguments, even involving knives.
It is believed that this high tension and argument might have occurred again and ended up going overboard and resulted to Antony stabbing his mother to death. However, how he calmly went over the incident was a shocking to everyone.
Antony was arrested and institionalized at Broadmoor. However, a bureaucratic mistake resulted in him getting released in 1980. He went to live with his mother and ended up beating and stabbing her in 1980 but she survived. He was then arrested and sent to Riker’s Island where he suffocated himself to death on march 21, 1981.