A southern Wisconsin man accused of killing his grandmother is avoiding prison due to mental illness.
Jamie Beggs of Brodhead pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree intentional homicide, but was found not guilty because a doctor’s report found he suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. A criminal complaint says Beggs admitted to strangling his grandmother to death last June to save her soul, saying he considered himself a martyr. He’ll be committed under the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and will have a sentence hearing on January 26th.
