After spending a 30 day period in a mental institution, he was determined incompetent. He was no longer being charged with 1st degree murder. The townsfolk immediately became angry that Eddie would not be tried for the death of Bernice Worden. Eddie was then committed to the Central State Hospital in Waupun, Wisconsin.1 After spending ten years in the mental prison where he was recovering, the court finally decided he was fit enough to stand trial. In 1968, Eddie began his trial. The first problem they had was to determine if Eddie was able enough to stand trial. A insanity test was demanded of the courts.2 Gein underwent a collage of sanity tests. They later concluded that he was emotionally impaired. He was a schizophrenic and a sexual psychopath.3 Three out of four doctors found him insane. Gein also reported lapses of memory loss, which led to their decision.4,5. For the courts reasons, Judge Bunde declared that Gein was legally insane.6 His condition was attributed to his unhealty relationship with his mother, and his terrible family life. He didn't know how to feel about women. He developed a love-hate feeling for them, eventually turning into an illness. Edward Gein stood before Judge Herbert A. Bunde. He was charged with robbery and murder of Bernice Worden, in the second degree. 9 Eddie looked on as seven witnessess took to the stand. Several of those who testified were lab technicians who performed the autopsy on Mrs. Worden. Eddie was convicted of second degree murder. But was later found not guilty, by reason of insanity. He was found to be legally insane at the time of the murder. Soon after the trial he was escorted back to the Central State Hospital for the Crimanally Insane. There he would serve his life sentence.
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Ed was said to be a model prisoner, and he was well liked by staff and patients alike. In 1978, the hospital was converted to a prison. Gein was moved to the Mental Health Institute.
