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In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.
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Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
In 2017, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity after being charged with damaging a burial vault and tipping over grave markers at a Ptoskey cemetery.
—Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
The gunman was sentenced to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Colleen Slevin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
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Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
In 2017, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity after being charged with damaging a burial vault and tipping over grave markers at a Ptoskey cemetery.
—Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
The gunman was sentenced to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Colleen Slevin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
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“By reason of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20reason%20of. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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