On Monday, lawmakers and the nephews of Rodney Aviles spoke to the press following the release of their uncle on July 20th. MORE ⬇️
PHOENIX — The relatives of an accused murderer are questioning the controversial release from the state’s psychiatric hospital.
Aviles has been in the Arizona State Hospital for most of the past 24 years. On three occasions, he was released and then quickly civilly committed back to the hospital, according to a lawyer for Aviles' relatives. “We do not dispute that in 1999 Mr. Aviles caused the death of members of his family,” Michael Sheldon, CEO of Arizona’s State Hospital and Deputy Director of ADHS, wrote. “Nor do we dispute that he was found incompetent and not restorable.”
A 2021 court filing objecting to Aviles' release shows how in 2017, a doctor stated that Aviles"has no insight into the fact of his illness and insists he does not really need medication." The nephews of Aviles stood next to lawmakers as their mother was too scared to show her face, “my mother can't speak today because she just doesn't want to be seen and you know, with everything because she is afraid for her life with what is going on,” the 21-year-old said.
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