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An attorney for a Caspian man accused in a multi-state killing spree last summer has filed notice for an insanity plea in Alabama, where he faces a capital murder charge and possibly the death penalty.
Caleb S. Anderson, then 23, was arrested Aug. 3 in Alabama and remains jailed there. He is accused in the stabbing death of Dwight Dixon, 52, of Flomaton, Ala. The case also involves arson.
Anderson was charged in November in the Aug. 1 stabbing death of 65-year-old Patrick Ernst of Green Bay, Wis.
Court documents show that Anderson found Ernst through a smartphone app men use to meet other men for sex. He is accused of taking selfie videos and photos with the victim's body, writing a Bible verse on the wall and leaving a handwritten apology.
Authorities say Anderson then stole Ernst's car and drove to Flomaton, where he killed Dixon two days later. He was arrested the afternoon of Aug. 3 by U.S. marshals in Helena, Ala., after the Green Bay victim's car was spotted driving into the city.
Anderson is also suspected of assaulting an 18-year-old woman who was jogging in the early morning Aug. 1 in Gaastra in Iron County. She was alone but able to fight off the attacker and get away.
No court hearings are scheduled in Alabama, but Anderson's attorney recently filed notice of intent to pursue a plea of "not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect," WLUK in Green Bay reported.
A psychiatric exam was ordered, but it is unclear when the results may be discussed in court.
The Alabama case is expected to play out before Anderson can be extradited to Wisconsin to face charges in Ernst's death. No hearings are scheduled in Wisconsin or Michigan courts.
In 2019, Anderson was convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in Marquette County and sentenced to 12 months of probation in what was known as the "serial butt-grabber" case. He was accused of running up behind unsuspecting women in Marquette and grabbing their buttocks without permission and then running away.