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Man who beat 4 people to death on NYC streets heard voices telling him to kill, lawyer says

Randy Santos faces life in prison or psychiatric treatment after killing four homeless men in 2019; his defense cites schizophrenia and hearing voices, prosecutors argue premeditation.

  • Randy Santos, 31, is on trial for bludgeoning four men to death with a metal bar as they slept on the New York City streets in 2019.
  • Santos' lawyer says he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was hearing voices telling him he needed to kill 40 people or he would die too.
  • The prosecutor urged jurors to find Santos guilty despite his mental health claims, saying evidence shows 'Santos knew exactly what he was doing and the consequences.
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Man who beat 4 people to death on NYC streets heard voices telling him to kill, lawyer says

A man on trial for bludgeoning four men to death with a metal bar as they slept on the New York City streets had been diagnosed with schizophrenia when he left jail months earlier and was hearing voices telling him he needed to kill 40 people or he would die too.

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A man who is being tried for beating four men with a metal bar while sleeping on the streets of New York City had been diagnosed with schizophrenia months before he got out of jail and heard voices telling him that he had to kill 40 people or he too would die, as his lawyer told the jury on Tuesday. (Keep reading...) The chilling revelation in New York's trial of Dominican serial killer was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.

NEW YORK — A man who is being tried for beating four men with a metal bar while sleeping on the streets of New York City had been diagnosed with schizophrenia months before he got out of jail and heard voices telling him that he had to kill 40 people or he would also die, according to his lawyer before the jury on Tuesday. Randy Santos, 31, claims insanity in his trial in a Manhattan state court. Through his lawyers, he has acknowledged that he …

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The Record broke the news in Waterloo, Canada on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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