A Chicago man who told police he fatally stabbed another man in an Irving Park alley because he felt threatened by a plastic fork has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Judge Ursula Walowski issued the ruling for 30-year-old Daniel Macias after a bench trial and ordered Macias to undergo inpatient treatment. He remains in the Cook County jail awaiting placement by the Illinois Department of Human Services.
Prosecutors said surveillance cameras recorded Macias leaving his home around 9:45 p.m. on June 28, 2023, wearing Beats headphones as he walked toward the alley behind the 3600 block of North Kedzie Avenue. About 15 minutes later, the video showed him trailing 49-year-old Christopher Samaniego…