A doctor’s evaluation has determined that Amando Lang, accused of killing Ben Christianson in a random attack six years ago in Greenfield, was mentally incapable of understanding his actions were wrong at the time of the alleged crime.
Prosecutors say the psychiatric evaluation found Lang’s mental disease prevented him from comprehending the wrongfulness of his alleged conduct during the 2019 incident that led to Christianson’s death.
Lang had been living in a group home after being released from a mental health institution, but the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office and Greenfield Police were unaware of his whereabouts. The county’s Behavioral Health Services failed to notify prosecutors when Lang was released from the institution.
Authorities only discovered Lang’s location a few months ago when officers responded to his mother’s house during a mental health crisis.
While a doctor determined in recent months that Lang is currently mentally competent for his criminal case to proceed, the central question at Tuesday’s hearing focused on his mental state at the time of the alleged murder…