A local family is outraged after discovering that Robert Selland, who was found not guilty of murdering his wife by reason of insanity 14 years ago, is set to play Santa at a Tacoma holiday event.

Selland spent nearly a decade at Western State Hospital before his release last year.

He is currently under the supervision of the Department of Social and Health Services and is reportedly compliant with his medication and release conditions.

“But he shouldn’t be allowed to just go around exist in life like he used to before he took her life,” said Cheryl Gacek, the sister of victim Carol Selland. “I want to stop it before it starts because I don’t think an innocent child should have to sit on a murderer’s lap,” Gacek added.

Cheryl Gacek, the sister of the victim, Carol Selland, expressed he

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