A Connecticut man known as the "Bridgeport Cannibal Killer" has been granted a conditional release, according to multiple reports. In 2013, Tyree Smith was found not guilty by reason of insanity in relation to the 2012 killing of Angel Gonzalez, whose body was discovered after he was hacked to death in a vacant apartment in Bridgeport, per NPR. The outlet reported that Smith's cousin testified that Smith admitted to eating one of Gonzalez's eyeballs and part of his brain at the time. According to area news outlet NBC-CT, Smith " who resides at the Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown " was granted the conditional release after a review hearing regarding his case by the Connecticut Psychiatric Security Review Board on Friday, Feb. 22.
Smith was initially placed on temporary leave status, in which patients reside in the hospital but are granted additional privileges on the grounds and receive some outpatient services within the community. The conditional release means he will technically be discharged from the hospital " but he must adhere to structured supervision and maintain specific mental health services and requirements, per NBC-CT.
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