Man accused of strangling a priest to death officially aquitted of murder charges due to mental illness

Almost a month after being found not guilty of murder due to mental illness, Nathan Thomas Wondra has been acquitted of criminal charges.

Wondra had been charged with one count of second-degree murder after calling 911, admitting that he had killed Lawrence Johnson, 76, while the retired priest had been taking him to the hospital.

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Wondra told police that “voices in his head” told him to kill Johnson “to save humanity.”…

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