ANTIDEPRESSANT, COCAINE, DEPAKOTE: Man Kills Mother, 2 Small Children, & Dog

TAMPA – A man charged with killing
and mutilating his girlfriend and her two children should not face the death
penalty because he was mentally incapable of intending to commit first-degree
murder, his attorneys say.

Lisa Freiberg and her children,
Heather Savannah, 2, and Zachary, 7, were found slain inside their Lutz mobile
home in 2008. The family dog was also killed.

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ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL: Mother Kills Daughter: Attempts to Kill Son: CA

A San Francisco woman
who asphyxiated her 3-year-old daughter during an apparent suicide attempt in
their Ingleside Terrace home has been sentenced to 25 years to life in
prison.

Linda Woo, 43, was sentenced Tuesday in San Francisco Superior
Court by Judge Cynthia Ming-Mei Lee for first-degree murder. Woo will serve a
concurrent term of seven years to life for the attempted murder of her
4-year-old son, who survived the incident.

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Update: America’s Most Wanted Man: Shot 4 Relatives Dead at Thanksgiving Dinner

The crime-fighting show
“America’s Most Wanted” will once again profile the Thanksgiving night massacre
in Jupiter that left four family members dead and one of their relatives on the
run.

The show will focus on the international manhunt for Paul Mehrige,
in partnership with the Jupiter Police and the US Marshals Service.

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ANTIDEPRESSANT: Amnesia & Murder: Man Stabs Wife to Death: Nebraska

His mental
state now stabilized through medication, Robert T. Hollister has been ruled
competent to stand trial in the stabbing death of his wife, Jeanie “Ellie”
Hollister.

What doctors haven’t determined is whether the Omaha man was
sane at the time of his wife’s death on Nov. 3, 2008.

In a recent court
document, Lincoln Regional Center doctors said they needed more time to make

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ANTIDEPRESSANT: Murder Attempt: Man Given 6 Years in Prison: Illinois

Prosecutors said Hrehorowicz attacked his wife in January 2008 – about two weeks after she filed for divorce. In the attack, he placed a plastic bag over her head before she was able to get away and run to a neighbor’s home.

Sheldon remarked on the “high emotions of divorce court” spilling into felony court before sentencing Hrehorowicz to six years in prison.

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Pharmacist Kills Robber: Includes False Memories: Oklahoma

Paragraph 8 reads: “‘I can’t ever get rid of that, and so I’m treated with a sleeping medication and anti-depressants to try to get me past that.” http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20090726_298_0_Apamcs638535 Record of OKC pharmacist involved in shooting in doubt By NOLAN CLAY NewsOK.com Published: 7/26/2009 8:00 AM Last Modified: 7/26/2009 8:02 AM A pharmacist charged with murder…

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