Judge Sends Wisconsin Man to Institution in Hate Crime Crash

Judge Sends Wisconsin Man to Institution in Hate Crime Crash
Daniel Navarro in an undated photo. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office via AP
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FOND DU LAC, Wis.—A Wisconsin judge committed a man accused of targeting a motorcyclist in a fatal crash because of the victim’s race to life in a mental institution Thursday.

Daniel Navarro, a 27-year-old Mexican American from Fond du Lac, was convicted Wednesday of first-degree intentional homicide as a hate crime in the July 3, 2020 crash that killed Phillip Thiessen, who was white, in Fond du Lac County. He was also convicted of first-degree recklessly endangering safety as a hate crime.