Man in Shooting Released; Brain Lesion in 1997 Wounding of Mom No Longer an Issue

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Port Washington -- A Mequon man who wounded his mother with a shotgun in 1997 because he thought she was a demon was released Thursday from supervision by the state Department of Corrections because there's been no evidence during the past 10 years that the brain disorder that caused his hallucinations exists any longer.

Matthew E. Binder, now 48, was charged with shooting his mother, Colleen Binder, in the back on Jan. 20, 1997, with a 20-gauge shotgun outside his Mequon home as she used her car to block the driveway in the hope she could stop him from leaving.

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Man in Shooting Released; Brain Lesion in 1997 Wounding of Mom No Longer an Issue

The blast from the shotgun just 10 feet away left a half-dollar- size hole in her back and a large number of pellets emb...

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