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Richard Allen's Mental State Under Scrutiny| Crime Alert Recap Saturday 11.02.11 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Drew Nilson In Indiana, The Delphi murder trial enters
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  Speaker 2: its thirteenth day, with Richard Allen's defense seam working to
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  Speaker 2: create doubts about the state's case. Allen, charged with the
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  Speaker 2: twenty seventeen murders of teenagers Abby Williams and Libby Jerman,
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  Speaker 2: faces four counts of murder. Testimony today focuses on Allan's
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  Speaker 2: mental state while in prison, as well as his treatment
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  Speaker 2: and behavior in solitary confinement. The defense called several witnesses
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  Speaker 2: to support claims that Allan's confinement worsened his mental health,
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  Speaker 2: challenging the reliability of his confessions made while in prison.
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  Speaker 2: Friday's testimony began with Heim and police officer Christopher Gutti,
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  Speaker 2: who had worked on the Delphi case for about two weeks,
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  Speaker 2: recounting an interview he conducted with Brad Weber, a property
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  Speaker 2: owner near the crime scene. Weber had driven a van
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  Speaker 2: near the mon On High Bridge on the day of
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  Speaker 2: the murders, but Guti could not remember if Weber had
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  Speaker 2: told him exactly where he went after work that day.
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  Speaker 2: This interaction as part of the defense's strategy to question
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  Speaker 2: the timelines of the events around the crime. Then the
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  Speaker 2: defense brought out doctor Deanna Dwanger, the Director of Behavioral
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  Speaker 2: Health for the Indiana Department of Correction who has overseen
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  Speaker 2: the mental health policies and services at IDoc since twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty one. She did not directly treat Richard Allen, but
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  Speaker 2: she provided a view into Allan's experience at Westville Correctional Facility,
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  Speaker 2: where he had been held in solitary confinement for over
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  Speaker 2: a year. Doctor Dwinger explained the toll this level of
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  Speaker 2: isolation can have on mental health, saying quote, solitary confinement
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  Speaker 2: is not good for the mind. According to her, IDoc
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  Speaker 2: policy advises that someone with a serious mental illness should
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  Speaker 2: not be held in solitary for more than thirty days,
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  Speaker 2: but Alan's confinement lasted thirteen months. Doctor Dwanger testified that
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  Speaker 2: Allan's mental health issues worsened in the spring of twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, when his prison team diagnosed him with serious
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  Speaker 2: mental illness and classified him as gravely disabled. He showed
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  Speaker 2: troubling behavior, including flushing a bible down the toilet and
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  Speaker 2: eating his own waist. There is video of some of
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  Speaker 2: this behavior from the round the clock surveillance of his cell.
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  Speaker 2: The mental illness diagnosis came around the same time that
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  Speaker 2: Allan confessed to his family over the phone, saying he
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  Speaker 2: had killed the two girls. Allan's confession coincided with an
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  Speaker 2: unusual behavioral spiral, which included self harm and erratic actions that,
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  Speaker 2: according to the defense, are common signs of severe mental stress.
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  Speaker 2: When questioned about why Alan had been placed in solitary confinement,
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  Speaker 2: doctor Dwinger said she did not make that decision and
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  Speaker 2: was unaware who did, but she admitted feeling concern over
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  Speaker 2: the surveillance camera always fixed on Alan. She had recommended
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  Speaker 2: it be removed, but the camera remained in place, adding
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  Speaker 2: to what she described as a quote non therapeutic environment
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  Speaker 2: for someone with severe mental health needs. Quote someone left
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  Speaker 2: alone too long like that can go down hill.
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  Speaker 3: I'm nicole part.
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  Speaker 4: A suspect has been apprehended in connection with the unusual
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  Speaker 4: death of a camera in Montana. This initially believed to
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  Speaker 4: be the result of a bear attack. On Wednesday, the
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  Speaker 4: Gallatin County Sheriff's Office announced that they have identified a
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  Speaker 4: suspect related to the death of thirty five year.
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  Speaker 3: Old Dustin Jerseman.
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  Speaker 4: Jerseyman, a father from Belgrade, was discovered with severe injuries
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  Speaker 4: to his body and head in the Montana Wilderness near
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  Speaker 4: Big Sky.
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  Speaker 3: This on October twelve.
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  Speaker 4: He had gone missing two days prior and his body
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  Speaker 4: found by someone who initially thought he had been mauled
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  Speaker 4: by a bear. However, a representative from the Montana Department
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  Speaker 4: of Fish, Wildlife and Parks later determined that there was
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  Speaker 4: no evidence of a bear in the vicinity, prompting the
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  Speaker 4: Sheriff's office to launch a homicide investigation.
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  Speaker 3: The suspect, whose.
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  Speaker 4: Identity has not been disclosed, reportedly led authorities to evidence
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  Speaker 4: pertinent to the case and is currently in custody on
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  Speaker 4: separate charges while cooperating with the investigation. This according to
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  Speaker 4: Sheriff Dan Springer, the investigation into this homicide is ongoing.
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  Speaker 4: He said, we believe the suspect acted alone and there
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  Speaker 4: is no longer a danger to the public. Details and
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  Speaker 4: potential charges will be announced soon. Springer praised the detectives
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  Speaker 4: for their relentless pursuit of justice, acknowledging that their hard
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  Speaker 4: work and identifying the assailant had paid off when his
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  Speaker 4: remains were initially discovered. Springer described the incident as a
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  Speaker 4: vicious attack, emphasizing that Jersman was murdered in a heinous way.
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  Speaker 4: Before his death, Jersman was driving a black twenty thirteen
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  Speaker 4: Ford f one point fifty with a black topper and
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  Speaker 4: silver aluminum ladder. He had gone out with a friend
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  Speaker 4: for a weekend of camping. His sister, Jillian Price, spoke
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  Speaker 4: to NBC about how the family loved their brother.
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  Speaker 5: This weekend, we lost our brother, our son, our uncle,
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  Speaker 5: our best friends, and our dad in the most unimaginable way.
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  Speaker 5: Dustin was a great kid. He was born here in Bozeman,
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  Speaker 5: and he worked all over the valley. He could have
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  Speaker 5: framed your house. He could have court your foundation, you
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  Speaker 5: could have installed your countertops. Hardworking, skilled tradesman. There is
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  Speaker 5: someone in our valley that is capable of truly heinous things.
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  Speaker 3: Police say.
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  Speaker 4: The suspect is being held without bond and further information
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  Speaker 4: will be released.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Jennifer Gould.
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  Speaker 1: A disturbing case involving a children's therapist in New York.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of helping kids, she allegedly violated them sexually. Renee Hoberman,
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  Speaker 1: a licensed social worker from Long Island, has been arrested
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  Speaker 1: and charged with creating and distributing child pornography. She was
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  Speaker 1: arrested after agents with Homeland Security rated her plain View home.
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  Speaker 1: This neighbor, Nick Randisi, spoke to ABC seven.
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  Speaker 3: News, I haven't seen her since she was a little,
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  Speaker 3: tiny kid, and all of a sudden, she's grown up
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  Speaker 3: and she's moved out, and she's a monster.
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  Speaker 1: According to federal prosecutors, the thirty six year old used
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  Speaker 1: social media platforms to share explicit videos of infants and
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  Speaker 1: young children engaging.
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  Speaker 3: In sea sexual acts.
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  Speaker 1: She also allegedly posed as a man online and engaged
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  Speaker 1: in disturbing conversations with other users about child sexual abuse.
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  Speaker 1: In some instances, she even claimed to have produced child
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  Speaker 1: porn herself, sharing explicit videos of children she had abused.
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  Speaker 1: The videos, which were shared between June and October of
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, depict horrific acts of sexual abuse, including
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  Speaker 1: infants as young as six months old being raped and tortured.
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  Speaker 1: According to federal prosecutors, Oberman provided youth counseling services to
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  Speaker 1: children at Southoaks Hospital in Amityville from twenty sixteen to
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. She also worked at elementary schools and
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  Speaker 1: mental health clinics. Before becoming a licensed social worker. According
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  Speaker 1: to her LifeStance biography page, Hoberman was arrested in charged
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  Speaker 1: with distribution of child pornography. If convicted, she faces a
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  Speaker 1: minimum sentence of five years in prison. Poperman is being
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  Speaker 1: held without bond. For the latest crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 3: I'm Jennifer Gould.