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December 16, 2011

Marblehead man found not guilty in Wesleyan shooting

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A Marblehead man was found not guilty by reason of insanity today in the 2009 shooting death of a Wesleyan University student that he had stalked and harassed.

A three-judge panel agreed with the defense for 32-year-old Stephen Morgan, who will be committed to Connecticut’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.

Morgan was charged with murder and other crimes in the May 2009 death of 21-year-old Johanna Justin-Jinich. The college junior from Colorado, was shot seven times while working at a bookstore cafe near the liberal arts school in Middletown.

During the trial, Morgan sat in a chair at the defense table rocking back and forth. At times, he shook his legs up and down.

Morgan had apparently met Justin-Jinich at New York University in the summer of 2007, police said.

For complete details, see Saturday’s edition of The Salem News.

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