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CAN YOU KILL IN YOUR SLEEP?
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THE NIGHT OF THE KILLING 🔪
The Man In This Case Report Was A 23 Year Old Male
He Worked In The Electronics Trade In The Toronto Area
On Friday Night He Could Get No Sleep Whatsoever
Saturday Night He Fell Asleep On The Couch Around 1:30 In The Morning
Looking Down At His Mother In Law's Face Was His Next Memory
He Also Recalled The In Laws' Younger Children Yelling Upstairs
The Police Deduced What Happened During His Lack Of Recall
He Put On His Shoes And Jacket And Left Without Locking The Door
The Drive Was Some 23 Km To His Parents In Law's Home
His Father In Law Was Strangled Unconscious In A Struggle
He Struggled With His Mother In Law And Stabbed Her Repeatedly
In The Car He Realized He Held A Knife
The Police Station Was Where He Recalled Going For Help
There He Said "I Think I Have Killed Some People ... My Hands"
He Recalled No Hand Pain Until He Had Been There Several Minutes
Surgeons Repaired Severed Flexor Tendons In Both His Hands
Police Interviewed Him And Charged Him With First Degree Murder
Charges Also Included Attempted Murder Of His Father In Law
The Autopsy Found Five Stab Wounds In Her Chest And Neck
It Also Found A Beating With A Blunt Instrument
The Beating Fractured Her Skull And Caused A Brain Hemorrhage
Homicide During Presumed Sleepwalking Was The Legal Defense
On May 25 1988 The Jury Returned A Verdict Of Not Guilty
Two Appeal Courts Including Canada's Supreme Court Upheld The Decision
The Father In Law Case Also Ended In An Acquittal
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WHAT THE DOCTORS WEIGHED 🩺
Four Other Explanations For The Killing Were Discussed
One Was Complex Partial Seizures
Another Was A Dissociative State
A Third Was REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
The Fourth Was Volitional Waking Behavior
A Neurologist Excluded Epilepsy And Organic Brain Pathology
He Had No Personal Or Family History Of Epilepsy
His EEGs And A Contrast Enhanced CT Scan Were Normal
Four Psychiatrists Found No Dissociative Features
The Psychologist Found No Dissociative Tendencies
Doctors Recorded No Motive And No Personal Gain
The Possibility Of A Fabricated Story Was Carefully Considered
Specialists Repeatedly Tried To Lead Him Into Inconsistent Statements
Those Efforts Were Unsuccessful
Repeated Recordings Lacked The Features Of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
He Had Been An Occasional Sleepwalker Since Early Childhood
His Family History Of Sleepwalking Was Very Strong
A Brother Caught His Leg As He Was About To Exit A Window
Two Overnight Sleep Recordings Were Made In The Detention Center
Night One Had Five Direct Shifts From Slow Wave Sleep To Wakefulness
Marked Prior Sleep Deprivation Is Listed As A Possible Trigger
The Report Also Lists Considerable Physical Exertion
Stress Over A Planned Talk About His Gambling Is Also Listed
The Authors Concluded Sleepwalking Was The Most Probable State
They Also Wrote That No Formal Proof Of Cause Can Be Obtained
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WHAT THE WIDER RECORD SHOWS 📂
Researchers Later Pooled Published Cases Of Sleep Defenses
The Review Searched PubMed And PsychINFO From 1980 To 2012
It Also Searched The Reference Lists Of Relevant Articles
In Each Case A Sleep Disorder Was Purported As The Defense
Eighteen Cases Were Included In The Review
Nine Of Them Were Sleep Related Violence
Another Nine Were Sexual Behavior In Sleep
The Charge Was Murder Or Attempted Murder In All Violence Cases
Sexual Behavior Charges Ranged From Sexual Touching To Rape
Victims Were Usually Adult Relatives In The Violence Cases
The Defense Was Based On Sleepwalking In 11 Of 18 Cases
Trial Outcomes Favored The Defendant In 14 Of 18 Cases
Defendants Were Relatively Young Males In All Cases
Most Events Occurred 1-2 Hours After The Defendant Fell Asleep
The Forensic Evaluations Widely Differed From Case To Case
Beyond Charges And Victims The Groups Showed No Apparent Differences
The Authors Call For An International Consensus On Evaluation
They Call That Consensus An Urgent Priority
