Although her son stands accused of trying to kill her, the mother of a Westmoreland County Prison inmate wants him to receive a special kosher diet based upon his religious beliefs.
Rose Eckman asked members of the county’s prison board on Monday to allow her son — jailed for the last two years as he awaits trial for her attempted murder — to receive kosher meals while incarcerated at the Hempfield lockup.
Police contend her son, Kort Noel Eckman, 49, of Mt. Pleasant, attempted to kill Rose Eckman on Oct. 3, 2023. She told police her son suffered from delusions and believed she was a Nazi war criminal when he jumped atop her in bed and stabbed her more than 20 times…