Accused killer struggled with homelessness, mental illness, family says

44 Year old Antoinette Pelzer was accused of killing two people with a butcher knife. Witness say she was trying to steal a purse with money inside from the victim when another person tried to intervene. Pelzer started to stab the first victim in the chest and eventually the heart, and then attacked the other woman. Both the victims who died where 80 year old Po Lin Wan, who died from bleeding to death and 47 year old Alice Mei See Leung who was stabbed in the heart. Pelzer family said the suspect , Antoinette Pelzer has been suffering from schizophrenia since she was 24. Her family also stated that wasn't violent . 22 year old Ellen Slaughter (Youngest out of 3 children from Pelzer) , said " She's totally different person when she doesn't take her medication. Last time i spoke to her was in April and she was living in a shelter home". Last time anybody from Pelzer family checked , she was doing fine and taking her medication and quite don't understand what made her stab and kill to people. Pelzer is current;y being held at Atlantic County Jail, with a bail starting at 1.5 $ million. Her family said she must had not been on her medication when she attacker the two victims who were touring from Canada. Members of the family say Antoinette's disorder started to show very early after she had her first child at age 17. People pray for the two victims that died , due to Pelzer malfunction.