Pillow smothering suspect: 'Voices' told me to

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -

A Brandon woman indicted with attempted murder after trying to smother to death another patient at a veteran's hospital told an investigator that "voices" told her to do it.

Sixty-three-year old Jean Rollinger was indicted in federal court this week for attempting to smother a 63-year-old man at the VA Hospital in Sioux Falls in March. The Argus Leader reports Rollinger made an initial court appearance Thursday.

At the hearing, a special agent with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs described how Rollinger had told him that she became agitated with a fellow patient using a walker. Rollinger told the agent that "voices" told her to hit the man with the walker and smother him with a pillow.

Rollinger's lawyer says he might pursue an insanity defense.

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