An illegal immigrant who publicly beheaded his girlfriend Tuesday was acquitted of murder charges on the grounds of insanity.
A judge acquitted Alexis Savorit, a 44-year-old Cuban illegal immigrant living in Minnesota, on first-degree murder charges because of his mental illness, according to court records. KSTP-TV. Due to Savorit’s insanity complaint, the trial is divided into two stages. one to determine if he murdered the victim and another to determine if Savorit was responsible for his actions, CBS News explained.
According to local NBC affiliate KARE 11, Judge Caroline Lennon said in May that Savorit did decapitate his girlfriend, America Mafalda Thayer, 55, with a machete and that the attack was planned. made a verdict. report. KSTP-TV said Saborit killed Thayer as he was riding in his car and threw the body out of the car at an intersection in front of witnesses.new york post I got it A bystander filmed Savorit grabbing Thayer’s severed head with his hair. (Related: Illegal immigrants charged with beheading woman previously subject to deportation)
Not Guilty/Mental Illness: The crime shocked and appalled the community. America Thayer was decapitated and murdered by a violent partner she was about to break up with. Today, a judge acquitted Alexis Savorit on the basis of mental illness. He goes to hospital instead of jail. The victim’s family is not happy. @FOX9 pic.twitter.com/0krIqF8lN0
— Paul Bloom (@PaulBlume_FOX9) July 18, 2023
However, in the second stage of the lawsuit, Lennon ruled that Savorit’s “mental illness prevented him from understanding that his actions were morally wrong.” Fox 9
Thayer’s son, Charles, told the show: “This is a typical abusive guy who has been controlling relationships for years.” “And I don’t know how many times the police were called because he punched her.”
According to KSTP-TV, court records show that two doctors discovered that Savorit had been experiencing severe psychotic and manic episodes since 2018, and that he had been raped when Thayer was killed. Savorit is said to have been motivated by paranoid delusions, Fox 9 reported.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unsuccessfully tried to deport Savorit to Cuba in 2012, the newspaper reported.
