Seattle Man Who Shot, Killed Pregnant Stranger Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

The man accused of shooting and killing a woman and her unborn child in Belltown in June of 2023 has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Cordell Goosby will be sent to a psychiatric hospital like Western State, potentially for the rest of his life.

He is accused of walking up to a car near Fourth and Lenora and opening fire, killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child and injuring her husband in what investigators described as a random attack.

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Goosby was eventually found competent to stand trial, but the insanity plea is different; it deals with his mental state at the time of the shooting. The insanity was confirmed by experts hire by both the defense and prosecution.

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