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Eric Westervelt Reports That A Court In Philadelphia Found John Du Pont

Published September 24, 1996 at 11:00 PM CDT

mentally incompetent to stand trial for murder. Du Pont, an heir to his family's chemical fortune, is charged with killing a former Olympic gold medal wrestler. He has been transferred to a state psychiatric hospital for compulsory treatment.

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