The Brief
- A judge ordered a man be committed to a state mental health facility for killing his landlord.
- Court records show he was found guilty – but not guilty due to mental disease/defect – of first-degree intentional homicide.
- The man told police he believed the landlord had set up surveillance cameras inside the apartment and was recording him, according to court filings, after he did “social media research” on TikTok and YouTube.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee County judge ordered a man be committed to a state mental health facility for killing his landlord earlier this year.
In Court:
Prosecutors charged 38-year-old Justin Lannigan with first-degree intentional homicide in February. Court records show he was found guilty – but not guilty due to mental disease/defect – on Aug. 1.…