Medical records from 1985 indicate Bowers “threatened to kill himself” at age 13 and had a “suicidal gesture” at age 10. “He had something wrong going on with his brain at a very young age, that’s what it made me realize.” “(It’s) very unusual to see such severe psychiatric history in a child,” Nadkarni testified while examining his medical records. Nadkarni reviewed records that showed serious psychiatric issues from a young age. “I don’t want to get it wrong, but I think he was talking about people drinking blood and killing children,” Nadkarni said under cross-examination. The doctor said he thinks Bowers expressed further antisemitic ideas during the examination three years after the shooter undertook the deadliest attack on Jewish people in the US. Nadkarni, the neurologist, testified Wednesday he interviewed Bowers for more than four hours in September 2021 and reviewed his medical records. Neurologist describes Bowers’ mental health issues The defense did not call any witnesses in the guilt phase of the trial, but they called four doctors to the stand on Tuesday and one doctor on Wednesday. This portion of the trial is broken up into two parts: the eligibility phase, which was expected to last a few days, and the sentencing phase, expected to last four to five weeks. Twenty-two of those counts were capital offenses, so he is eligible for the death penalty at this second part of the trial, known as the punishment phase. The prosecution has countered by arguing the mass shooting showed extensive planning and a clear intent that, in his own words, “All Jews had to die.”īowers, 50, was found guilty on June 16 of all 63 charges against him for killing 11 worshippers and wounding six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018. The medical testimony comes as defense attorneys make the case to the federal jury that Bowers had significant mental health issues that should lead to a sentence of life in prison rather than the death penalty. I don’t think he’s able to process or interpret information correctly.” “He moves through the world not assessing the world correctly and under a sense, under a feeling, under a vague feeling of threat and paranoia,” Dr. Victims' families, united in grief, face 2 paths to justice as Pittsburgh synagogue shooting death penalty trial moves to next phase (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Matt Rourke/AP Bowers was tried on 63 criminal counts, including hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of the free exercise of religion resulting in death. Robert Bowers, a truck driver who shot and killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the nation's deadliest attack on Jewish people, was found guilty, Friday, June 16, 2023. File - A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct.
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