Murder victim’s mom lists suspected mentally ill killers, urges secure forensic facility

Elijah Compagna was found not competent and deemed dangerous, yet was placed in a community-based group home in 2025. While there, he was able to lure a young woman into the home and stab her to death — in a setting not designed or staffed to manage that level of risk - just one example of a pattern of inadequate state care for the dangerously mentally ill, Carroll said.