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Man who murdered an Ethiopian girl in North Carolina found not guilty by reason of insantyNovember 30, 2012News (Charlotte Observer) — Davon Lamont Thomas, an Iraq War veteran who was charged with killing his girlfriend in 2009, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity after he was diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.Thomas, 30, will be committed to a state mental hospital.Thomas was charged with murder in connection with the November 2009 killing of his 23-year-old girlfriend, Tigist Yemane.Yemane, who originally came to Charlotte from Ethiopia for an operation to fix a heart defect, was shot to death in Thomasâ parentsâ house in the Reedy Creek community.Thomas in September 2011 pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His lawyer, Jean Lawson, said the Army veteran had post-traumatic stress disorder and killed his girlfriend because he thought she was part of a terrorist attack on America.âDavon Thomas volunteered to serve in the North Carolina Army National Guard, was deployed to active combat duty in Iraq and developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,â Lawson wrote in a court document.âAt the time of the offense, Davon Thomas was in a delusional state and believed that a terrorist attack on the people of the United States of America had commenced and that the deceased was a member of a hostile military force whom he was obliged to kill.âLawson called post-traumatic stress disorder a mental illness. âThe defense contends that Davon Thomas did not have the requisite mental state for the offenses charged,â the defense lawyer wrote.Prosecutors announced Friday that Superior Court Judge Eric Levinson had issued an order finding Thomas not guilty by reason of insanity of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. The judge ordered that Thomas be indefinitely committed to a state mental hospital.Prosecutors said that forensic psychologists for both the defense and prosecution testified during a hearing in October that Thomas suffered from severe mental illness and lacked the capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions.âThe State does not intend to appeal the Courtâs ruling and believes it is supported by all the evidence presented at the hearing,â prosecutors said.Thomasâ mother told the Observer in 2011 that she saw her son fatally shoot Yemane.âThat was the most horrifying thing I ever witnessed in my life,â she said. âI prayed to get those visions out of my head.âProsecutors said the stateâs forensic psychologist, Dr. Nicole Wolfe, evaluated Thomas over a four-week period. The evaluation included reviewing Thomasâ military and medical records.Wolfe testified that Thomas has a baseline paranoia that continued from the time of his active duty in the Army and since his return home from Iraq in 2005.âThe defendant believes American Muslims are going to launch a mass attack within the United States,â prosecutors said. âThe Fort Hood attack played a role in his thoughts of the United Statesâ infiltration by American Muslims.ââDr. Wolfe further testified that the defendant was delusional and believed that his girlfriend, the victim, was a terrorist who planned to kill him.âProsecutors said Thomasâ parents witnessed the killing and described their sonâs bizarre behavior.âThe defendantâs mother said he was in a combat-like posture, and she described his behavior as acting as if he was in a war zone,â prosecutors said. âShe and her husband witnessed the defendant hit the victim in the face with his hand, hit her in the head with a gun and throw a table at her while interrogating her about being a spy and a Muslim. They tried to restrain the defendant, but he broke away and shot the victim.ââAfter the defendantâs father fainted and collapsed to the floor, the defendantâs mother ran to a neighborâs house to call the police.âProsecutors said Judge Levinson found that there was âclear, cogent and convincingâ evidence that Thomas was suffering from delusions and paranoia caused by his severe mental illnesses which caused him to be unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions at the time of the killing.Prosecutors said the judgeâs ruling requires them to dismiss the charges against Thomas and that Thomas be automatically committed to a state hospital for the mentally ill.Thomas will remain in custody and can not be released, prosecutors said, unless he can prove at a court hearing that he no longer has a mental illness or is no longer dangerous to others.Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/1 … rylink=cpyShare Share this Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Email Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. 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