Judge grants Ketzenberger permission to take part in work program at mental health facility

26-year-old Devon Ketzenberger

ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A man found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his mother in 2020 was back in court on Monday.

Judge grants Ketzenberger permission to take part in work program at mental health facility

26-year-old Devon Ketzenberger got permission from Judge Jeffrey Reed to take part in a work program at the mental health facility where he is getting treatment.

In 2021, the judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity on murder and other charges for the death of his mother Wendy Ketzenberger. Detectives say he killed his mother, by strangling and beating her before starting the fire that destroyed her home in September of 2020.

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