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Qi was reportedly not sleeping, had difficulty concentrating and believed Yan was spying on him and had hired assassins to kill him. "Unfortunately, by the time we get to the summer of 2023, Qi is experiencing multiple voices that are speaking to him," the defense said. "His delusional framework evolves into this belief system (there are) people to spy on him and report back." District Attorney Jeffrey Nieman said the case centered on Qi's mental state at the time of the offense. "There's a separate sanity issue," Nieman said. "What was the mental state of the person at the time of the offense? 1 dead โ Zijie Yan Qi will remain in state custody under a civil commitment rather than criminal custody and will be involuntarily committed to a state hospital for an indefinite period.