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No facilities offering to care for ex-deputy found insane
Some medical facilities are declining to offer care for a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy suffering from advanced ALS who was found not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law in 2014.
Ex-deputy found insane in killings to be let out of hospital
A former Dane County sheriff's deputy found not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law in 2014 due to a mental disease will be released from a mental institution because his body has degenerated due to ALS and he is no longer a threat to public safety, a judge ruled Friday.
Former deputy who killed 2 seeks release from institution
A former Dane County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed his wife and her sister last year is asking to be released from the mental institution where he's committed.
Former deputy committed in slaying of wife, sister-in-law
A judge has committed a former Dane County sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease to a mental health institution after a jury earlier found he was not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law.
Ex-deputy with Lou Gehrig’s disease not guilty in killings
A jury on Thursday found a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease not legally responsible in the killing of his wife and sister-in-law.
At trial of man with ALS, expert says disease nonviolent
A prosecution expert in the trial of a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease who killed two people testified he has never seen a patient with the disease act violently.
Prosecutor: Deputy with ALS disease planned to kill
A former Wisconsin deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease planned the killings of his wife and sister-in-law, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.
Psychiatrist blames ALS for deputy slayings (UPDATE)
A forensic psychiatrist said he believes Lou Gehrig's disease is the reason a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy killed his wife and sister-in-law.
Lawyer: Ex-deputy with ALS was mentally ill during killings
A defense attorney has told jurors that ALS affected the brain of a former Dane County sheriff's deputy on trial for the killings of his wife and sister-in-law.
Jury picked for insanity trial of ex-deputy in deaths of 2
A jury has been picked to determine whether a former Dane County sheriff's deputy was mentally ill in the killings of his wife and sister-in-law.
Former Dane County deputy pleads guilty in deaths of 2
A former Dane County sheriff's deputy has changed his plea to guilty in the killings of his wife and sister-in-law.
Former Dane County deputy pleads insanity in deaths of 2
A former Dane County sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the killings of his wife and sister-in-law.
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