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A psychiatrist testified that Alvaro Castillo was not psychotic or delusional when he killed his father and opened fire at Orange High School in August 2006.
The jury viewed a video news clip Wednesday morning that shows Castillo the day he was arrested for the crimes.
In the video, Castillo is handcuffed and a deputy is escorting him to a police cruiser. Reporters asked Castillo questions about why he opened fire at the school. Castillo responds that it was about "sacrifice, it's all sacrifice."
When a reporter asked why he also shot his father, Castillo responded, "Someone had to put him out of his misery. He abused me and my family."
The clip ends with Castillo getting into the car saying, "Columbine, remember Columbine."
Dr. Nicole Wolfe says the video demonstrates that Castillo was not suffering from delusions.
"You don't see him talking to himself," Wolfe said. "When asked a question, the answer he gives is logical."
In home videos Castillo made in the months leading up to the shooting, Castillo said he was called by God to commit the crimes. He said he would be "sacrificing" the students so they wouldn't have to live in a corrupt world. He also said he wanted to "sacrifice" his father because of abuse.
Wolfe says she does not believe Castillo's reasoning for the shootings.
"I considered the statements that the school shooting was a sacrifice, and I don't believe it is," Wolfe said. "A sacrifice is (getting rid of) something valuable, and when you look at what was destroyed, it was his least favorite person in family."
"With the school shooting, it was careful attention to who was not shot,” Wolfe continued. "He's still obsessed with Ana and he wanted to make sure that he didn't harm Ana's sister (who went to Orange High School at the time) and he wanted her to remember him."
Wolfe says Castillo also demonstrates that he is capable of making informed decisions.
"He's making a series of choices throughout. And when you look at his choices, he's waiting for black boots to come in before doing this; he's waiting for friends to get married for doing this," Wolfe said. "These are choices."
She said it's also significant that Castillo asked for forgiveness and said he was sorry after he committed the crimes.
"They are factors that show someone who knows that they're wrong," Wolfe said.
Wolfe says Castillo also intentionally withheld selective information from his psychiatrists. For example, Castillo told his psychiatrist he took a trip to Busch Gardens but never mentioned he took a trip to Columbine.
Wolfe also says the booklet Castillo wrote, "Mass Murders and School Shootings," shows he wants to be known as a mass murderer and school shooter.
"If you want to argue he had a calling from God to shoot someone, he could have been a sniper but that wasn't the purpose," Wolfe said "He wanted to imitate what other people had done and he wanted to be in that cluster."
Castillo said in home videos he was obsessed with the Columbine school shootings and the shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
Castillo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases on Wednesday afternoon. Closing arguements will begin Thursday morning.
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By Freud on 08/20 12:39 AM
Dr. Wolfe is delusional.
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