DHS to determine placement of Greenfield man charged with Madison man’s homicide in 2019

GREENFIELD, Wis. (CBS 58) — The placement of a Greenfield man charged with homicide is now up to the state Department of Health Services.

Amando Lang was charged with killing a Madison man, Ben Christianson, in a brutal and random attack in 2019. He was found incompetent to stand trial and landed back in court last year when he was found living in a non-secured group home in Greenfield after being released by mistake.

In a court hearing Thursday, Jan. 22, a judge found Lang not guilty by mental disease or defect and ordered Lang be committed to the Department of Health Services for life…

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