rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski
09-21-2007, 10:01 PM
Apparently the defense is planning to argue that his use of DXM is
somehow involved with the fact that he stabbed a guy several times in
the head with a knife, then several days later attacked a woman with an
ax. Along with the couple of cats that he mutilated. I love the part
that his insanity was "further enhanced" by DXM. Well, the Pentagon did
call the neutron bomb an "enhanced radiation warhead."
http://www.nwherald.com/spider/NWH/news/283771498522952.shtml
Stabbing-attack trial
set to begin Sept. 22
By PAUL ROCK
Shaw News Service
ST. CHARLES - The trial of an Elgin man accused of stabbing two people
in 2000 will begin Sept. 22.
Edward Edwardsen Jr., 20, is charged with attempted murder and animal
cruelty.
The trial is expected to last two weeks because at least four
psychiatrists are expected to testify.
Police said Edwardsen approached a couple on Sept. 1, 2000, at the Tyler
Creek Forest Preserve and stabbed a Carpentersville man in the head
several times.
Three days later, police say he struck a woman in an Elgin park with an
ax.
Both victims survived.
Police were questioning him about the mutilation of two cats during an
Elgin burglary Sept. 9, 2000, when he made incriminating statements
about the two attacks.
Circuit Judge Donald Hudson ruled in July 2002 that Edwardsen's
statements were voluntary, and he was not in custody when he spoke to
police Sept. 13, 2000, at Jacobs High School.
Edwardsen takes psychotropic medication and has been diagnosed as a
schizophrenic who suffers from hallucinations and delusions, defense
attorney David Camic said.
The defendant spent 10 months at the Elgin Mental Health Center after
Hudson ruled in March 2001 that he was not fit to stand trial.
Camic has said Edwardsen was temporarily insane when he committed the
acts and involuntarily intoxicated on DXM, an active ingredient in cough
syrup, when he made statements to police.
The defense and prosecutors both are expected to use two psychiatrists
as experts during the trial.
Psychiatrists Daniel Rybecki and Gerard Girdaukas concluded that
Edwardsen was insane at the time of the attacks, and that his condition
was further enhanced by the use of DXM.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to 75 years in prison.
somehow involved with the fact that he stabbed a guy several times in
the head with a knife, then several days later attacked a woman with an
ax. Along with the couple of cats that he mutilated. I love the part
that his insanity was "further enhanced" by DXM. Well, the Pentagon did
call the neutron bomb an "enhanced radiation warhead."
http://www.nwherald.com/spider/NWH/news/283771498522952.shtml
Stabbing-attack trial
set to begin Sept. 22
By PAUL ROCK
Shaw News Service
ST. CHARLES - The trial of an Elgin man accused of stabbing two people
in 2000 will begin Sept. 22.
Edward Edwardsen Jr., 20, is charged with attempted murder and animal
cruelty.
The trial is expected to last two weeks because at least four
psychiatrists are expected to testify.
Police said Edwardsen approached a couple on Sept. 1, 2000, at the Tyler
Creek Forest Preserve and stabbed a Carpentersville man in the head
several times.
Three days later, police say he struck a woman in an Elgin park with an
ax.
Both victims survived.
Police were questioning him about the mutilation of two cats during an
Elgin burglary Sept. 9, 2000, when he made incriminating statements
about the two attacks.
Circuit Judge Donald Hudson ruled in July 2002 that Edwardsen's
statements were voluntary, and he was not in custody when he spoke to
police Sept. 13, 2000, at Jacobs High School.
Edwardsen takes psychotropic medication and has been diagnosed as a
schizophrenic who suffers from hallucinations and delusions, defense
attorney David Camic said.
The defendant spent 10 months at the Elgin Mental Health Center after
Hudson ruled in March 2001 that he was not fit to stand trial.
Camic has said Edwardsen was temporarily insane when he committed the
acts and involuntarily intoxicated on DXM, an active ingredient in cough
syrup, when he made statements to police.
The defense and prosecutors both are expected to use two psychiatrists
as experts during the trial.
Psychiatrists Daniel Rybecki and Gerard Girdaukas concluded that
Edwardsen was insane at the time of the attacks, and that his condition
was further enhanced by the use of DXM.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to 75 years in prison.