The person charged in a deadly stabbing on the Edmonton Corn Maze earlier this week had beforehand been discovered not criminally chargeable for violent crimes and confined to a psychiatric hospital, court docket paperwork present.
Michael George Ferzli, 41, was charged with second-degree homicide after Joseph Farnsworth, 53, was killed on the well-liked attraction on Tuesday.
Emergency crews had been referred to as a couple of stabbing on the corn maze at 7 p.m.
Ferzli was arrested on the scene.
Police mentioned the sufferer and the assailant had been friends on the corn maze and knew one another.
Sources verify to CTV Information that each males had been related to Alberta Hospital.
In keeping with court docket paperwork, Ferzli has schizophrenia and has skilled “psychotic signs.”
He has been involuntarily confined to hospital on a number of events since 2008 due to his psychological state, together with a 2020 order that made him an in-patient at Alberta Hospital for a 12-month interval after he was discovered not criminally accountable in an assault case.
A court docket look has been scheduled for Sept. 4 in reference to Farnsworth’s demise.
