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Post by SeabiscuitChick on Oct 2, 2008 13:36:26 GMT -5
SMITHFIELD - Amber Violette says her husband John begged her to skip work last Jan. 12, 2007. He believed that the apocalypse was going to destroy the Eastern seaboard that day. John Violette's revelation spooked Amber, but she went to work anyway.
She couldn't hear the voice of God doctors say drove John Violette to stab their 4-year-old daughter, Katlin, with a kitchen knife and then behead her.
Superior Court Judge Jack Thompson determined that John Violette was insane that day. As a result, he ruled that Violette is not guilty, ensuring that Violette will never stand trial for her killing.
Amber Violette, tormented by her decision to go to work, begged the judge for that outcome."I want him to be able to be treated. I still have hope," Amber Violette, thin and tired from weeping, whispered from the witness stand.
John Violette will be held indefinitely at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh unless he can convince a judge he's no longer mentally ill or a danger to others. He will join 27 other North Carolinians held at Dix because a judge or jury found them to be insane at the time of their crimes. www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/violette/
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Post by QuickAttack on Oct 2, 2008 14:15:21 GMT -5
Oh. My. God.
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Post by Jill on Oct 3, 2008 20:01:14 GMT -5
I havent heard about this. How terrible!
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Post by wolfette1961 on Oct 23, 2008 17:27:49 GMT -5
lets hope they dont move casey's trial there dang
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