Ed Gein killed Bernice Worden because she reminded him of his late mother, Augusta Gein. He had a deep psychological fixation on his mother, and after she died, Gein's schizophrenia made him feel lonely and abandoned, causing him to hear voices telling him to "get another mother." Worden was a local hardware store owner whom Gein murdered in 1957; her disappearance led to his arrest when her body was found dismembered at his farm. The murder was partly motivated by the Wisconsin winter making it too hard to dig up graves, so instead, he killed living victims who reminded him of his mother. Gein also admitted to killing another woman, Mary Hogan, in 1954. Most of the body parts found in his home came from graves he had disturbed rather than murder victims. Gein was found legally insane and was institutionalized following his conviction.
