Man Granted Discharge After Killing Grandmother

0:00In 2018, 39-year-old Michael Colatosti stabbed his 84-year-old grandmother, Elena Marcucci, to death, and attacked caregiver, Osayuki Ehabor in their Toronto home. A judge ruled in April 2020 that he was not criminally responsible due to major mental illness. He straight up didn't know right from wrong at. The time, his psychiatrist, Ontario's Attorney General, and the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, all pushed for a conditional discharge with ongoing, monitoring to keep him off drugs. But the Ontario Review Board just went the other way, unanimously granting him an absolute discharge, saying he's no longer a significant threat, too. Public safety. Experts noted Colatosti's struggles with stress, often getting angry and blaming others, and he's diagnosed with polysubstance use disorder and cannabis-induced psychosis, both in remission. His doc worried that under pressure, he might relapse on cannabis and not seek help if symptoms

1:00return, especially with his law school dreams on the time. Line. He's been living clean though, negative drug tests for a full year, holding down a job, pursuing education, and staying in an independent apartment, with no behavioral issues or violence. Family ties are strong, too. He visits parents and sister regularly, and joins holidays. The Board urged him to disclose his full history to a doctor, and consider a private psych team moving forward, emphasizing that abstinence is key to. Staying stable as he built his life. Vancouver News Today, powered by AI, bringing you what matters.