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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA northeast Indiana man charged with killing his father plans to use an insanity defense when he goes to trial in Auburn.
Branston Secrest’s attorney has filed a notice indicating that his client will use an insanity defense because he has a significant history of mental illness.
The Journal Gazette reported that a DeKalb County judge has appointed two physicians to examine the 20-year-old Secrest. Authorities say he shot his 45-year-old father, Keith Allen Secrest, 13 times in his Garrett home on Dec. 6.
Police say Secrest then took his parents’ car. He was captured in Fort Wayne following a car and foot chase.
Court records indicate that Secrest told police he shot his father because his father had accused him of stealing a dirt bike and was choking him.
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