Middletown man found insane in gruesome killing of mother

MIDDLETOWN — A schizophrenic Connecticut man who viciously killed his mother with a fireplace poker and knife has been found not guilty by reason of insanity and will be committed to a maximum-security psychiatric hospital. The Hartford Courant reports that a three-judge panel in Middletown Superior Court reached the verdict Friday against 24-year-old Robert Rankin. […]