Santa Ana : Mass Murderer Seeks Less Restrictive Facility

Mass murderer Edward Charles Allaway, who shot nine people in the library at Cal State Fullerton in 1976, killing seven, will ask to be moved from a maximum-security state hospital to less restrictive custody.

A decision on Allaway’s request, scheduled before Judge William Thomson on Friday in Orange County Superior Court, was postponed until Dec. 20 to allow attorneys and the judge to conduct more research on the case, the court clerk said.

Allaway’s appeal states that he does not pose an escape threat, is not violent and should be transferred to another hospital.

He was found innocent by reason of insanity and sentenced to the Atascadero State Hospital. Allaway could be released from custody if doctors determine that he is no longer insane.