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Suspect's erratic past telling, experts say
Carol Ann Alaimo and Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:00 am

"To me, it suggests possible paranoid schizophrenia," said Dr. Jonas Rappeport of Maryland, a retired forensic psychiatrist who assessed defendants convicted in assassination attempts on former President Ronald Reagan and former Alabama Gov.George Wallace.

It's common for schizophrenia sufferers to think there is a conspiracy against them, said Tyrone Cannon, a neuroscientist and expert in schizophrenia at UCLA's Brain Research Institute

Cannon cautiously agreed with Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik's claim that extreme political rhetoric could influence the actions of mentally unbalanced people. Though it's hard to prove cause and effect, it's possible such talk could reinforce a person's existing fears or delusions, he said.

"It's already happened," said Rappeport, the Maryland psychiatrist, citing the 1994 case of a Colorado man who sprayed the White House with gunfire in what he thought was an attack on President Bill Clinton.


The suspect said he'd been motivated by a conservative talk show host in Colorado Springs. The host later quit.

The talk show host seems to have been Chuck Baker who was then on KVOR in Colorado Springs.