Joan Porco: The Controversy That Rocked The World - OpenSIPS Trunking Solutions

Joan defended christopher all the way.

Joans face was disfigured entirely after the fatal attack.

And she had lost her husband.

Christopher porco, 22, is accused of attacking his parents with an ax as they slept in their home in 2004.

He allegedly killed his father and put his mother into a coma in what appears to have been the drastic act of a desperate young man in deep financial difficulty. Read also: 5 Things You Didn't Know About This Knoxville Craigslist Find

In august 2006, christoper porco was convicted of murdering his father, peter, and attacking his mother, joan, with an ax in their delmar home.

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Her face was completely disfigured, one eye was destroyed, and her skull was caved in, but she was alive. Read also: Craigslist Lincoln Listing: The Clues You've Been Missing

Inside the couples bedroom, a bloodied ax sat upon the floor.

Christopher porco was convicted of killing his father peter, an albany county law clerk, and attacking his mother two years earlier in their bethlehem home.

Joan porco has stood by her son.