A nude man who beat to death a stranger in Fort Worth was legally insane at the time he bludgeoned the grandfather with a piece of firewood and was on Tuesday acquitted of murder under an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant’s lawyers.
Judge Vincent Giardino found Chrisantus Omondi not guilty by reason of insanity in the January 2024 killing of Scott Jackson, whom Omondi pummeled with a log.
Antoinette McGarrahan, a clinical psychologist, appears to have concluded that severe mental disease or defect caused Omondi not to comprehend that his conduct was wrong. McGarrahan’s February 2026 insanity evaluation report was filed under seal.
The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office and the defense agreed to the insanity-supported accquital. Judge Giardino ordered Omondi, who is 29, transferred from jail to the state hospital system…