Leah Goldstein is the ex-wife of Sachin Sahoo. They share a nine-year-old son. She says he’s had mental health struggles for 10 years.
Police say Sahoo hit a woman with his car and tried to back into officers with the same car hours later. His family spoke with KENS 5 about his declining mental health.
Speaking through tears, Sahoo’s ex-wife Leah Goldstein says he was a family man.
“He was a great dad, I was a stay at home mom for many years,” she said. “He provided for us.”
Goldstein says Sahoo was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
“He suffered the past ten years with bipolar disorder,” Goldstein said. “He also had symptoms of schizophrenia.”
She says – he’d get into manic episodes and wouldn’t continue taking his medication.
“He couldn’t understand what was wrong with him,” she said. “He would hear voices. And hallucinate and just hear voices and just get stuck in his own mind.”
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