of Psychosis or Faking It, Expert
Says
Good Morning America - 4 hours ago
Accused movie theater gunman
James Holmes was not on drugs
when he appeared dazed in court,
but experts are looking for
explanations for his odd behavior
that included turning evidence bags
on his hands into puppets after his
arrest, sources told ABC News.
The loopy, seemingly unconcerned
actions by the former Ph.D student
accused of killing 12 people and
wounding 58 is seen by some as
signs of psychosis -- or that he's
faking it.
Sources tell ABC News that Holmes
was not on drugs or medication at
the time of the hearing, but Holmes
has demonstrated a pattern of
bizarre behavior since his arrest
outside an Aurora, Colo., movie
theater last Friday.
When Holmes was arrested he told
police he was the fictitious Batman
villain, The Joker. When police put
evidence bags over his hands to
preserve traces of gunpowder
residue, Holmes pretended the bags
were puppets, law enforcement
sources told ABC News.
Holmes has acted unfazed by his
arrest, police say. He has been
uncooperative since he was taken
into custody, giving investigators little
information, and yet disclosing his
apartment was booby trapped with
dozens of explosives.
His behavior in court Monday was
particularly strange. Unshaven, with a
shock of died orange hair, Holmes
alternated between staring wide-
eyed to closing his eyes and
appearing to nod off.
His lawyer even had to nudge him to
rise when the judge entered the
courtroom. He said nothing during
the proceedings, in which he was
held without bond.
Some observers wondered if Holmes
was on drugs or being medicated.
Sources told ABC News, he was not
on drugs, leading to expert theories
that he may have been in the grips of
"psychotic episode," exhausted from
stress or simply faking it.
"I think there are two possibilities
going on here," Marissa Randazzo,
former chief research psychologist
for the U.S. Secret Service and an
expert in mass shootings, told "Good
Morning America" today.
"One is that he is in the middle of a
psychotic episode which is quite
possible. We see him distracted at
multiple points, an almost sort of
'coming to' and trying to figure out
where he is and process what's
going on," she said.
"The other thing that we're seeing --
and we've seen some of this
behavior in the past couple months
-- might suggest mania. Meaning
hyperactivity, hyper energy, been
possibly up and not sleeping for
days. What we might be seeing here
is the post effects."
But Randazzo also said there was a
third possibility. He might simply be
faking it.
"It's possible," she said when asked if
Holmes' behavior could be all an act.
"It is possible. We'll leave that open,"
she said, adding that most people
who lie about that sort of behavior
are sociopaths and "What we've
heard about his history does not
suggest sociopath at all."
"Let's keep that in mind that he was
studying neuroscience. He was
studying exactly the type of brain
issues that we're going to be talking
about throughout this whole case,"
she said.
For all those who want to blame
Mom for taking her kid to a late
movie, we will forever have
freedom and live free, or we will
live safely in fear and give up our
freedom. I'll live free and
take my chances. If some nutcase
shoots me, that's life in the
big city. But until that day, I&#
39;ll go to the movies when I
choose, not when he chooses.
"He who gives up freedom
for safety deserves
neither."......Ben Franklin.
Cincinnati,Ohio,United States,US
15 seconds ago
It seems to me that everyone
loves to complain about how the
government wastes money on
these criminals but hardly
anyone ever DOES anything
about it. The internet is rife with
people demanding this guy to be
put to death (I agree with them)
either with current methods or
like in the old days. Here's
the problem as I see it....if
everyone that has been
screaming online banded
together and STOOD UP in a
manner that was both heard and
respected, then maybe, just
maybe, we COULD get some of
these criminals taken out and
free up the system and STOP
wasting our tax dollars. I see a
whole lot of talk and not a lot of
action! Personally I think the
good ole USA would begin to
right itself if parents actually
began disciplining their kids and
the judicial system actually
started to "Man Up"
and take the criminals out of
circulation. It all starts with the
children. Children these days
have NO consequences for their
actions! I'm in NO way
advocating child abuse...let me
make that very clear. However
kids these days have no respect
for others and most have no
consequences for their
actions....they grow into adults
people! These adults then go
through life killing, stealing,
feeling a sense of entitlement,
living off of the government with
no sense of responsibility etc.
These adults in turn have
children. The vicious cycle
continues. When will it stop?
When will it get better? When will
the US become a proud country
again?? When, and only when,
we realize as a whole that what
we are doing from the ground
up, isn't working! I know
it's going to happen so ....
have at me!
Rock Hill,South Carolina,United
States,US 17 seconds ago
He is prepared for death and he
is prepared for psychoanalysis,
however he is not prepared for
psycho-terror. Sometimes death
is the easiest way out. If you
want him to just go away, then
just execute or institutionalize
him. If you want him to regret the
day he did what he did against
humanity, get him where he
hides - torture his mind.
17 seconds ago
FAKING? Naaaaaahhhh....what is
this world coming too?
18 seconds ago
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