257: The Insanity Plea - January 5 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com We often hear stories of guilty men and women trying to use an insanity plea in order to get a lesser sentence for their crimes. On January 5th 2005, a man had a bipolar breakdown that left his own mother dead. This is a case where the insanity plea was rightfully used and a man was finally given the help he so desperately needed. William Marrufo Kills Mom (2005) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices