Billerica man found not guilty of grandmother’s murder by reason of insanity

Billerica man found not guilty of grandmother’s murder by reason of insanity

LOWELL — James Forsythe, the Billerica man arrested for killing his 69-year-old grandmother inside their Village Lane home in October 2020, was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. A Middlesex Superior Court jury determined Forsythe, who was 26 when he bludgeoned and strangled Ellen Scaringi to death, lacked criminal responsibility due to mental illness. During the trial that began on May 22 and ended on May 31, three medical expert…