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Mayor says man tied to 5-year-old slaying was living near high school; oversight of civil commitment raised
Summary
At the June 17 Greenfield Common Council meeting the mayor reported that a man previously involved in a fatal attack — found mentally incompetent to stand trial years earlier — had been living at a nearby residence instead of in a supervised facility, and said police were surprised to find him in the community.
Mayor (Mayor) told the Greenfield Common Council on Tuesday that a man connected to a stabbing death about five years ago had been living near the site of the killing and close to city amenities, and that the police were surprised to discover him there.
The mayor said the man had been found mentally incompetent and not ready to stand trial in the earlier case and that, as he understood it, the person “was supposed to be civilly committed into a halfway house, a supervised halfway house.” The mayor said the person had been spending some nights “on the couch at mom's house a block away” from the alleged crime scene.
The mayor emphasized safety concerns,…
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