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The fate of Christopher L. Ferguson Jr. now rests with the criminal justice system, which will likely weigh his alleged crimes against his mental state at the time prosecutors say he killed three people.
Christopher Ferguson, the suspect in the Newton, Massachusetts, triple-murder home invasion, wrote a blog post in 2020 about his struggles with bipolar disorder.
Many questions remain about the slayings of three family members in Newton last weekend, a seemingly random crime that has left residents shaken and investigators searching for answers about the possible motive.
Middlesex Jail medical staff members are recommending that Christopher L. Ferguson Jr. be transferred to Bridgewater State Hospital for a competency evaluation while he awaits trial in connection with the slayings of three family members in their Newton home, a jail spokesman said Thursday.
Newton local Christopher Ferguson pleaded not guilty to charges in connection to the triple homicide of elderly residents in their home Sunday at his arraignment in Newton District court Monday morning.