CHELSEA — On Thursday morning, the state moved James Perry, a man found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his daughter, to a non-hospital mental health facility.

An Orange County Superior Court judge decided at a hearing on Thursday morning that Perry, who had been detained in prison for four years, will now live in a residential setting while remaining under 24-hour care and supervision. He was taken immediately afterwards to a residential program run by the Clara Martin Center and Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont, according to the court order.

Prosecutors and Perry’s defense discussed the alternatives of putting him in a hospital setting, which would offer more intensive supervision, or releasing him with no direct oversight. Both sides agreed

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