CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Vermont man charged with stabbing to death a private school trustee in a New Hampshire hotel lobby told police he thought she was the devil, according to recently released court documents.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Vermont man charged with stabbing to death a private school trustee in a New Hampshire hotel lobby told police he thought she was the devil, according to recently released court documents.



Rodney Hill of West Danville, Vt., told police he was going through a divorce and was angry at an email he had gotten from his boss when he punched and stabbed White Mountain School trustee Catherine Houghton Jan. 28 in the lobby of the Hampton Inn in Littleton.



Houghton, 70, had travelled to New Hampshire from her Novato, Calif., home for a board of trustees meeting at the school she graduated from in 1960.



There are no hearings scheduled for Hill. Court documents indicate he is still undergoing evaluations to determine if he is competent to stand trial.



Senior Assistant Attorney General Susan Morrell said Wednesday the affidavit in Hill's case "speaks for itself."



"I have no comment beyond the facts contained in the affidavit," she said.



The Caledonian Record reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/18umLlp) that Hill told police he was going through a divorce and was angry at an email he had gotten from his boss when he stormed into the lobby and stabbed Houghton.



The affidavit states that a hotel manager saw Hill tackle Houghton from behind and then heard Houghton screaming. The hotel manager, Erica Green, said she told Hill to stop as she was calling 911. Hill calmly walked toward her.



"Hill then began talking to Green about an apocalypse, that he was the salvation and stated something about smartphones," according to the affidavit.



Hill told police his father was Lucifer, and blamed him for Hill not being able to send an email response to his boss or make a phone call.



He told police he "underwent a Biblical experience, wherein he thought he was Jesus due to the sacrifices he had made, and that his father was the devil and out to ruin his family," the affidavit states. "He believed his father, as the devil, would appear in a different form that he would not recognize."



According to the autopsy report, Houghton died of a stab wound to the neck.



Houghton was a retired business counselor with the U.S. Commerce Department and a 1960 graduate of the prep school.



Public defender Martha Hornick, who represented Hill at his arraignment, didn't immediately return calls seeking comment.