Course Description
During the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many neighborhoods in New Orleans faced catastrophic effects of the flood. During the long rebuilding process which followed, some neighbors remained only marginally habitable and patrolled for years. A serial killer preyed on young women for one year but remained undetected by the crippled police force. Eight years later, a man in a Texas jail confessed to a cold case, then more. Following his extradition to New Orleans, his attorney found evidence suggesting mental illness and feared he may be engaging in false confessions. This presentation is the story of that evaluation, and the bizarre psychiatric and legal path to the truth.
Speakers
James B. McConville, MD, New Orleans, LA
Barksdale Hortenstine, New Orleans, LA
Barksdale Hortenstine, New Orleans, LA
Educational Objectives
The case will cover the phenomenon of serial murder, sociopathy and mental illness. We will dissect psychopathic and psychotic behavior in a defendant demonstrating both. Participants will learn from the evaluee’s defense attorney who navigated the pitfalls of a defendant who confesses to a murder in a death penalty state.
Accreditation Statement
The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure
All meeting planners, Program and Education
Committee Members, in control of content for the meeting have signed
disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with
any ineligible companies.
All presenters, James B. McConville, MD, and Barksdale Hortenstine, have also signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.
All presenters, James B. McConville, MD, and Barksdale Hortenstine, have also signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.
