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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 28, 2016
A Morristown man who believed Jesus commanded him to murder his family will be set free after 26 years, following an appellate court ruling on Wednesday. David Cloar, a Vietnam veteran who was found not guilty of killing his father and stepmother by reason of insanity, was sent to the Middle Tennessee Health Institute in Murfreesboro in 1992, and has been there ever since. Officials at the facility have been trying to free Cloar for 15 years, saying his illness was in remission with medication. Prosecutors have 60 days to ask the Tennessee Supreme Court to review the decision. The Knoxville News Sentinel has more.