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Jury convicts man in killings of 4 men as they slept on NYC streets, rejecting insanity defense
Jury rejected schizophrenia-based insanity defense for Randy Santos, who killed four homeless men in under 30 minutes, facing life imprisonment, Manhattan DA said.
- On Thursday, the jury convicted Randy Santos of first-degree murder and rejected his insanity defence in attacks that killed four men sleeping on Chinatown sidewalks.
- Defense lawyers argued Santos was too mentally ill to be held responsible, citing his schizophrenia diagnosis and the delusion that he had to kill 40 people or die, Arnold Levine said Wednesday.
- He was arrested shortly after the October 2019 attacks holding a bloody metal bar, with prosecutors presenting prior arrest records and noting Santos’ schizophrenia diagnosis but lack of treatment.
- With convictions in hand, Santos now faces a potential life term as sentencing is set for April 16, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said, after the verdict.
- The killings renewed scrutiny of New York City's efforts to aid its record-sized homeless population, as Santos and victims like Kok, aged 83, were homeless, and community memorials were organized.
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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…
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