Judge Decides Baker’s Fate Monday
Defense argues Daniel Baker was insane when he bludgeoned girlfriend’s Vernon Hills mother to death with baseball bat.
A Lake County Criminal Court judge will decide Monday morning whether a Deerfield man understood he was committing a crime when he beat a Vernon Hills woman to death with a baseball bat more than two years ago, according to a report on ABC Chicago. Lawyers for Daniel Baker of Deerfield argued during closing arguments Friday in Waukegan he did not believe he knew he was doing anything criminal when he struck Marina Aksman of Vernon Hills with a baseball bat killing her April 1, 2010, while her daughter and Baker’s then girlfriend, Kristina Aksman, watched, according to a Daily Herald story. Earlier: Psychiatrist: Baker Was Insane During Attack “There is no reason this young man would have done what he did unless he was insane," Baker …
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