 Torsney’s partner, Officer Matthew Williams, who was already in the vehicle when Torsney shot Evans, asked, “What did you do?” Torsney responded, “I don’t know, Matty.What did I do?” 

On the day of Evans' funeral, Torsney was indicted by a grand jury on charges of second-degree murder.At the trial of Torsney, which began in October, 1977, his defense maintained that the killing resulted from a psychotic episode due to "automatism of Penfield," named for neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield.