Stephen H. Kessler | |
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Born | Stephen H. Kessler 1935 (age 88–89) |
Motive | Insanity |
Conviction(s) | Not guilty by reason of insanity |
Criminal charge | Murder |
Penalty | Committed |
Stephen H. Kessler (born 1935) is a person who was known as the "LSD Killer".
He attended Harvard College and graduated class of '57, [1] and was enrolled in Downstate Medical School in 1964, but was asked to leave because of his unstable behaviour. [2]
He was arrested in April 1966 [3] and tried for murder in October, having apparently stabbed his mother-in-law 105 times. Headlines trumpeted him as a "Mad LSD Slayer" and "LSD Killer", based on a statement made during his arrest that he had been "flying for three days on LSD". [4] His LSD usage, a month prior, [5] was not mentioned during the trial proceedings. His drug use was revealed as having been "one-and-a-half grains of phenobarbital" and "three quarts of lab alcohol". [6] [7]
Psychiatrists testified that he actually had chronic paranoid schizophrenia and he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. [8]
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Stephen H. Kessler | |
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Born | Stephen H. Kessler 1935 (age 88–89) |
Motive | Insanity |
Conviction(s) | Not guilty by reason of insanity |
Criminal charge | Murder |
Penalty | Committed |
Stephen H. Kessler (born 1935) is a person who was known as the "LSD Killer".
He attended Harvard College and graduated class of '57, [1] and was enrolled in Downstate Medical School in 1964, but was asked to leave because of his unstable behaviour. [2]
He was arrested in April 1966 [3] and tried for murder in October, having apparently stabbed his mother-in-law 105 times. Headlines trumpeted him as a "Mad LSD Slayer" and "LSD Killer", based on a statement made during his arrest that he had been "flying for three days on LSD". [4] His LSD usage, a month prior, [5] was not mentioned during the trial proceedings. His drug use was revealed as having been "one-and-a-half grains of phenobarbital" and "three quarts of lab alcohol". [6] [7]
Psychiatrists testified that he actually had chronic paranoid schizophrenia and he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. [8]
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