Man Who Killed Father in Laguna Niguel Committed to Mental Health Hospital

Man Who Killed Father in Laguna Niguel Committed to Mental Health Hospital
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 22-year-old man was committed indefinitely May 1 to a state mental health facility after he was found to have been insane when he killed his father on a Laguna Niguel trail the day after Thanksgiving in 2018.

Maximilian Gregory Ludwig was convicted March 21 of murder with a special circumstances allegation of lying in wait in a non-jury trial before Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick Donahue, who also found the defendant was insane at the time he killed 59-year-old Christopher Ludwig on Nov. 23, 2018.

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