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Jeffrey Yao, the man who admitted he fatally stabbed a medical student 20 times with a hunting knife in 2018, was found not guilty Wednesday by lack of criminal responsibility because of his mental illness.
According to a press release from Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan s office, Yao, 27, of Winchester, was found not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility of the murder of Deanne Stryker and of the attack on the man who tried to stop his rampage at the Winchester Library. .
Judge Kathe Tuttman ordered Yao to be civilly committed to Bridgewater State Hospital. The ruling came during a bench trial after the defendant waived his right to a jury trial.
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A young man who was fatally shot in Cambridge early Saturday morning has been identified by authorities and his family.
According to our news partners at WCVB, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge police Commissioner Branville Bard have confirmed the victim is 19-year-old Xavier Louis-Jacques, of Cambridge.
The victim s mother, Rayschell McCants, told NewsCenter 5 s Peter Eliopoulos her son may have been trying to sell a pair of sneakers on Pemberton Street when he was robbed and shot just steps from his home. The sweetest kid, McCants said. He had no evil in his heart. He didn t do much of anything that would jeopardize him to be in this situation.