OSSIPEE — Keith Dobens, the 17-year-old Madison boy who in February was charged with killing his mother, Melissa Moulton Hatch, was ordered Thursday to spend the next five years in a secure psychiatric unit after he pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder by reason of insanity.
Carroll County Superior Court Judge Amy Ignatius accepted Dobens’ plea and said his status would be reviewed every five years.
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