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Defense expert: Child abuse made LaBarre psychotic
By RUSS CHOMA
New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent
Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2008
A psychiatrist testified this morning that Sheila LaBarre, who murdered two men on her Epping horse farm, had developed mental illness that eventually turned into full-blown psychosis.
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I feel that she is more than obviously insane. Think about it do sane people murder two innocent men? No! There is deffinately something not quite right, but the thing you need to ask yourself is; Do you really want her back on the streets in two years after she passes the next phsyc evaluation? I sure dont want to run in to her on the street.
- YVONNE, WOLFEBORO
I'm with Kim. This woman is playing like a well tuned violin. What next, the vapors?
- sandy, thornton
She absolutely is not crazy. She knows exactly what she is doing. I hope the jurors get it right---but some people's perception of "reasonable doubt" can go one way or the other. I'm empathetic of the fact that she may have been abused as a child, but c'mon, if everyone that has endured abuse in their life became a serial killer, the world would be made up of prisons and psych facilities. She's admitted to killing these people, so enough of the drama already lock her up, be it jail, a psychiatric facility or solitary confinement -- w/no option for parole. Give her an academy for her performance and lock her up.
- Lisa, Manchester NH
lAbarre knows how to "Play The System" sort of speak... This woman is crazy alright!! In the sense that she needs to be locked up "IN Jail" for the rest of her Life... Shes quite the Actress, she makes a lot of people sick.
- Jill, Belmont. MA.
I agree! She's not crazy, unless you mean crazy like a fox. She's well aware of her performance in the courtroom and it's goal of once again "beating the system".
- Brian, Farmington
I agree with Kim. LeBarre has bragged too much about manipulating the system. She knows exactly what she is doing.
- Donna, Manchester
Expert witness for the defense seems a little off. Money will get these "experts" to say anything so maybe prositute for the defense a better title. This experts logic would indicate we should lock up all victims of abuse to protect the public from these volcanos. Lets hope the jury sends her to prison for the rest of her useless life. Sounds like her parents had good reason to discipline the little demon.
- brian, weare
What an actress! Laughing when the testimony is about the abuse she laid on men, laughing about the murders she commited, and now crying about the abuse she suffered as a kid. This woman isn't crazy, she's well rehearsed!
- Kim, Manchester
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