A 17-year-old who said he was sleepwalking when he shot his mother to death was placed on probation for five years and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment.
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Gary Michael Willis of Winnsboro pleaded guilty in June to manslaughter for killing his mother, Pamela Willis. During pretrial hearings, a psychiatrist said Willis was sleepwalking when he killed his mother and wounded his father in 1986.State District Judge Lewis O. Lauve on Tuesday told Willis there was a reasonable doubt whether he was culpable for the crime.