"Mrs. Naramore was tried for the crime of murdering her daughter, Ethel M. Naramore, and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, an outcome that had been predicted by District Attorney Rockwood Hoar when he first surveyed the scene of the killings."
DB, such trials do not go the way you would think they ought to; which again, is why the charges must not exceed the strength of the evidence, if you expect to convict.