FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A Mexican American man from Wisconsin charged with homicide as a hate crime because prosecutors say he intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a white motorcyclist has been committed to a psychiatric facility.
Twenty-seven-year-old Daniel Navarro, of Fond du Lac, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide with a hate crime enhancer for the July 3 crash that killed Phillip Thiessen in Fond du Lac County.
Prosecutors say Navarro struck Thiessen’s motorcycle head-on in the town of Taycheedah.
A Fond du Lac County judge ruled Wednesday that Navarro is not competent to stand trial.
Authorities say Navarro told investigators he had been harassed by co-workers and neighbors, and poisoned, drugged and verbally attacked by white people because of his race.
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