LACROSSE, Wis. — Final arguments in the five-day Zachary Fritz murder trial hinged on whether mental illness factored into the death of his wife. with 60 stab wounds The issue for Judge Elliott Levine is whether Futz goes to prison, perhaps for life, or to a psychiatric facility. Fritz is accused of killing his wife in their Shelby residence in 2024. A forensic psychiatrist, Dileep Borra, testified that Fritz does not have bipolar disorder. His defense attorney countered with bodycam footage and medical records that Fritz suffers a mental condition that he kept secret even from his family. His attorney pointed also to a 2009 domestic abuse verdict that found Fritz and not guilty by reason of a mental disease.
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