APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Gregory Juedes pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect Wednesday to charges he shot his father 15 times, killing him.
Juedes, 46, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the Nov. 24 death of Daniel Juedes Sr., 74, at a home on S. Sanders Street. He’s also charged with attempted to flee an officer, and resisting, after allegedly leaving the scene and being arrested in Kaukauna.
No trial date was set. Juedes returns to court June 4.
If the case goes to trial, the jury would first determine if Juedes is guilty or innocent. If he is convicted, the jury would then decide if Juedes suffered from a mental disease and was unable to discern right from wrong. If the jury accepts that argument, Juedes would be committed to a mental health facility. If the jury rejects it, he would be sentenced to prison.
A conviction of first-degree intentional homicide carries a mandatory life prison.
According to the criminal complaint, police responded to the home about 7:35 a.m. A neighbor reported hearing 10 gunshots. Police entered the home, found Juedes Sr., but there were no signs of life. A total of 14 ammunition casings were found in the home.
A short time later, police located Juedes’ vehicle. Eventually, a PIT maneuver was used to stop his vehicle. Juedes ran, police used a Taser to subdue him, and Juedes continued to resist arrest.
During the trip to the hospital to treat Juedes, he commented on the murder.
“I think I got him with every round. And then one in the back of the head for good measure,” the complaint quotes Juedes as saying to police. “I went back to check (to) make sure he was down for the count.”
No motive is cited in the eight-page complaint.
An autopsy “identified 15 gunshot wound tracks to the victim and located three fully intact bullets from the body,” the complaint states.
