Crime & Safety
Wilburn Found Not Guilty of Murder
The 27-year-old Kennesaw man will be committed to a state mental hospital for being found insane in the death of his Powder Springs mother, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting.
Justin Detrell Wilburn, a 27-year-old Kennesaw man who killed his mother in her Powder Springs home last year, was committed to a state mental hospital Monday after jurors found him not guilty by insanity, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting.
Wilburn stabbed his mother, Joann, 120 times and cut her 60 times on Feb. 4, 2010, the AJC says. He then drove away and on Barrett Parkway, where he was seen running down the side of the road covered in blood.
Wilburn, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia, could eventually be released from the mental hospital if he convinces the staff that he is mentally competent, and then petition the court for release, the AJC says.
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