Connecticut cannibal killer given conditional release after 2011 murder in which he ate victim's brain, eye

Tyree Smith, an institutionalized man who confessed to killing and eating the body parts of a homeless man in Connecticut in 2011, has been granted conditional release by the Psychiatric Security Review Board. Despite receiving mental health services and supervision, concerns have been raised by lawmakers and the victim’s family about his release, citing the brutal nature of the crime and the potential risk to public safety. Smith, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed for 60 years, will initially have day passes confined to the hospital grounds before potentially receiving more freedoms as he progresses in treatment.

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