A ruling was made Friday morning in the case of C.J. Saloom.

At 65-years-old, C.J. Saloom will be moving into an upscale assisted living facility.

The case dates back more than two decades.

In 1993, Saloom stabbed and killed psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Henry Tyler at the then, Acadiana Mental Health Center.

Saloom was later found not guilty by reasons of insanity and was sent to the East Feliciana Forensic Facility.

He was moved to a halfway house five years ago.

His psychiatrist and attorneys say, Saloom is no longer a danger to himself or others.

“The judge agrees although he wants to keep him on probation, but allow him to move to an assisted living, a higher scale assisted living program in Baton Rouge.” Thomas Guilbeau tells KLFY’s Jazmin Thibodeaux.

Saloom, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, took the stand Friday where he stated quote,

“I was in a state of shock before I met Dr. Tyler and that’s why It happened. I do not think it will happen again, it won’t happen again.”

Saloom will now be moved to Southside Gardens, a less secure facility.

Judge Trahan ordered Saloom to wear an ankle monitor and be under a curfew from 8:00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.

This amount of freedom concerns Dr. Tyler’s widow, Bobbie.

“I just wish he could stay wherever he is forever because he’s a true danger. Not just us, but to everyone else in society,”

Bobbie said although it has been over two decades since her husband’s murder, the pain of losing him is still there.

“He stole a life. He killed my husband. My children don’t have a father. When I see him, all I see is a person that committed a crime that wasn’t necessary,”

Saloom has been on an anti-psychotic medication to control his mental illness.

It is a drug his attorneys said he will be on for the rest of his life.

Before Saloom is moved, his Guilbeau said Saloom’s court-ordered psychiatrist will have to explain to the facility that Saloom is not a danger to others.