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Jury convicts man in killings of 4 men as they slept on NYC streets, rejecting insanity defense
Jury found Santos criminally responsible despite schizophrenia diagnosis, rejecting his claim of auditory hallucinations compelling violence against four homeless men, ages 39 to 83.
- A man was convicted of first-degree murder for fatally beating four sleeping men on the streets of New York City's Chinatown in 2019, rejecting his insanity defense.
- The man's attorneys argued he was too mentally ill to be held criminally responsible, driven by schizophrenic delusions that made him believe he had to kill 4 people.
- Prosecutors countered that the man took steps showing he knew the attacks were illegal and immoral, and could be sentenced to life in prison.
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NYC jury rejects insanity defense, convicts suspect in Chinatown homeless murders on all counts
A man accused of carrying out the 2019 killings of four men sleeping on the streets of Chinatown was found guilty on all counts Thursday, with a jury rejecting an insanity defense. Jurors took less than four hours to find Randy Santos guilty of four counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and related offenses for the Oct. 5, 2019, killings of Chuen Kok, Nazario Vásquez Villegas, Anthony Manson, and Florencio Moran. Santos, 31, who has d…
·New York, United States
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