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Episode 331: On November 8, 2012, in a bloody crime scene, police discovered the body of 43-year-old\xa0Panagiota \u201cYota\u201d Zerbinos\xa0in her daughter\u2019s basement suite in the Fleetwood neighbourhood of Surrey, B.C. Yota had been brutally stabbed 24 times and left under a blanket; the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was still in her chest. Two days later, Yota\u2019s 28-year-old daughter,\xa0Gloria Crystle Zerbinos, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. She pleaded not guilty, citing her schizophrenia, drug abuse and other complex mental health issues, claiming she was not criminally responsible for her mother\u2019s death. Gloria was held at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.\nHowever, as court proceedings continued, another inmate, 51-year-old\xa0April Peregooda, was found unresponsive in Gloria Zerbinos\u2019s cell.\nSources:\nB.C. woman who killed mother sentenced for second murder while serving time | CBC News\nWoman arrested in death of B.C. jail inmate | CBC News\n2018 BCSC 2464 (CanLII) | R. v G.C.Z | CanLII\n2019 BCSC 584 (CanLII) | R. v Zerbinos | CanLII\n"Gloria Zerbinos" - Search - Newspapers.com\u2122\nSurrey woman to stand trial for allegedly murdering her mother - Surrey Leader\nSurrey woman guilty of murder for stabbing her mother 24 times\nRemembering the life of Panagiota Zerbinos\nPanagiota Zerbinos Obituary (2012) - Legacy Remembers\nFrom straight A's to accused of stabbing her mom 24 times\nMom's body was found in daughter's Surrey suite, trial hears\nSurrey woman was afraid to be alone with her daughter, murder trial hears\nWoman sentenced for prison murder in Maple Ridge\n2004: Alouette Correctional Centre for Women - Province of British Columbia\nEx-strip\xadper guilty of mother\u2019s mur\xadder | The Province\nSurrey woman who murdered her mother can apply for parole in 12 years\nFacebook | Gloria Zerbinos\nIntegrated Homicide Investigation Team\nFormer stripper on trial for mom's murder suffered delusions, court hears\nVernon woman killed in jail\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices