Robert Dear, who admitted to carrying out a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic seven years ago suffers from significant bizarre delusions that make it impossible for him to assist in his own legal defense.
The man who admitted to carrying out a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs seven years ago suffers from significant bizarre delusions that make it impossible for him to assist in his own legal defense, a psychologist testified Tuesday during a hearing in U.S. District Court.
Psychologist Lea Ann Preston Baecht testified that Robert Dear, 64, believes he is being persecuted by the FBI, that former President Barack Obama is the anti-Christ and sent agents to kill Dear, that staff at the hospital where he is being held are witches and warlocks, and that masons carried out the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas.
She offered testimony Tuesday during a hearing to determine whether Dear should be involuntarily medicated in an attempt to restore him to mental competency so the criminal case against him can go forward in court. Baecht said Dear’s delusions impact his ability to participate in his own defense, and Dear is likely to remain mentally incompetent to proceed unless he is medicated, which he has so far refused. He has been diagnosed with delusional disorder and, in the past, schizophrenia, two closely related conditions, she testified.“There is no defense,” he shouted in court. “I did it.”
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