Child-Slaying Suspect Has Disorder (Levi Aron)

AP via The Wall Street Journal ^ | August 10, 2011 | unnattributed

[truthkeeper]

NEW YORK — A man charged with killing and dismembering an 8-year-old boy is confused and apathetic, a "practically blank" personality whose younger sister died while institutionalized with schizophrenia, according to a psychiatric evaluation obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

The court-ordered evaluation of Levi Aron found him fit to stand trial on murder charges in the death of Leiby Kletzky. Details in the report from a psychiatrist and psychologist at Kings County Hospital show the 35-year-old suspect is deeply troubled, and has given authorities conflicting accounts of his life and his mental and physical history.

A psychologist diagnosed him with an adjustment disorder and a personality disorder with schizoid features.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by disintegration of thought processes and diminished emotional responsiveness. A person is more likely to have it if a close family member, such as his sister who died, has it.

"His mood is neutral, practically blank," the psychologist wrote. "The only time he seems to show any emotional response is when he is asked difficult questions about the reason for his incarceration."

[truthkeeper]

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[nuconvert]

“The court-ordered evaluation of Levi Aron found him fit to stand trial...”

That’s what matters. We already knew he was screwed up.

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[MPJackal]

He killed and dismembered an 8 year old child. No sh!t he has a disorder. One that needs to be rectified with a strong dose of medication.

[Lurker]

He has a serious lead deficiency. About 230 grains or so should cure him.

[KarlInOhio]

A man charged with killing and dismembering an 8-year-old boy is confused and apathetic,

If he's apathetic, then we won't mind very much when he gets the needle.

[ZX12R]

That’s what matters. We already knew he was screwed up.

No kidding.

"the 35-year-old suspect is deeply troubled"

You don't say? That's a surprise! /s

[ConservaTexan]

The Lone Star State has the cure.

[truthkeeper]

"...right now we are investigating whether or not his disorders are sufficient to meet the not guilty by reason of mental disease or mental defect threshold," he said.
The records filled in a few blanks about Aron's life, which was lived mostly alone except for a few impulsive decisions, such as moving to Memphis to get married to a woman he met online and had met in person only twice. They divorced after a few years. Aron was employed as a hardware clerk, and earlier as a supermarket worker and a caterer.
Aron spent much of his time online, and made a lot of audio and video recordings of himself doing karaoke. He lived alone in a home owned by his father and step mother, his brother lived in a separate apartment. His mother died about seven years ago.

If these behaviors meet the "mental defect threshold" I'd say half the country of is in trouble.

[ZX12R]

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[SoldierDad]

He also has a serious sodium deficiency. An extremely large dose of Sodium Pentothal would cure him also.

[truthkeeper]

You’re welcome, glad to have you here.

[AppyPappy]

“35-year-old suspect is deeply troubled”

Really? I wonder what tipped them off to that?

[LottieDah]

I was raised in the neighborhood the poor little boy was from. When I was a kid there in the late 1950s through 1975, attrocities like that were unheard of. The only horror stories you heard were from the Holocaust survivors who were our neighbors. Aron is fit to stand trial and I hope the jury is serious about convicting and sentencing him to death.

[NoKoolAidforMe]

Unfortunately, New York does not have a death penalty. The appellate court ruled it “unconstitutional”. This POS will sit in a cushy prison for the rest of his pathetic life.

Funny how no family member or friend of this bastard comes forward to say he was a mental case. You don’t just wake up one day and become schizophrenic.

[fishtank]

The type of lead injector is very important, though, for that therapy.

You really can’t lowball what type you use.

[SMARTY]

Married after meeting ‘on line’??

C R E E P Y

[rokkitapps]

strong medication? How about 20 feet of strong rope.

[maine-iac7]

I think we could assume the man is ‘troubled’ - even insane. Not many ‘normal’ people commit such heinous acts.

Ain't we lucky to have psychiatry to discern such things?

The only considerations in these cases should be: "Did he do it?"

If so, Never again should he be allowed outside of a cage - and/or what is the purpose of his continued existence?