Residents object to Staskal decision
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - Some Eau Claire residents are objecting to a new neighbor -- a man convicted of killing his sister in 1984.
Mark Staskal has been granted release to a group home in their neighborhood. He's been at the Mendota Mental Health Institute since he was found not guilty by reason of mental disease in the fatal stabbing of his sister in Milton.
Gary Greenfield lives a couple houses from the group home. Greenfield says there's a big difference between rehabilitating people with disabilities and housing people with violent histories. Neighbors say they're concerned about security and the effect on property values.
A Rock County judge yesterday approved the conditional release of the 44-year-old Staskal.
Earlier this year, Staskal's parents worked to prevent his release from the mental health facility. Melly and Redgie Staskal say their son suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.
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