Iowa father found not guilty by reason of insanity in 5-year-old son’s killing

Iowa father found not guilty by reason of insanity in 5-year-old son’s killing

Defense attorneys argued Matthew Schleier was suffering from psychosis when he strangled his son, citing testimony from doctors, who said Schleier had delusions that his son was doomed to die a horrible death due to the child’s food allergies, and took his son’s life to protect him from this fate.

Judge finds Marion father not guilty in the killing of his son

Judge finds Marion father not guilty by reason of insanity in 5-year-old son’s death

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Judge finds Marion man not guilty in strangling death of 5-year-old son

A Marion man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of his 5-year-old son.

Judge finds Marion man not guilty of killing son by reason of insanity

(Radio Iowa via KCRG-TV) – A judge today (Monday) issued his ruling in the murder trial of Matthew Schleier of Marion, who was accused of strangling his five-year-old son Jack to death. K-C-R-G T-V carried the verdict as Judge David Cox said he reviewed the testimony of three experts from the defense who said Schleier didn’t know what he was doing, and one from the prosecution who said he did. “And so considering all of that, the court ultimatel…