FOX NEWS (New York, New York) 17 September 07 Rattlesnake Bite Triggered Texas Killing Spree, Suspect's Family Says
Riverhead, N.Y.: The family of a man charged in the deaths of six people in Texas and Pennsylvania said Monday that at the time of the cross country killing spree, the suspect was suffering psychological problems caused by a rattle snake bite he had received days before.
A Suffolk County Court judge in Riverhead, N.Y. approved the extradition to Texas of Paul Devoe III, who is wanted in Austin for the the Aug. 26 killings of an ex-girlfriend, 46-year-old Paula Griffith; her 15-year-old daughter, the daughter's 17-year-old friend, and Griffith's boyfriend, 48-year-old Jay Feltner.
He also is a suspect in the death of a Texas bartender two days earlier.
Pennsylvania authorities have charged Devoe with killing an 81-year-old woman in her home in Greencastle so he could take her car.
Prior to the judge's ruling, Devoe's uncle, Ed Nelson, said his nephew was in a psychological stupor at the time of the killings because of mental problems caused by a rattlesnake bite.
Devoe's mother, Diana O'Connell, said her son called her saying, "Mom, I'm in trouble. I'm on the run."
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota has described Devoe—whose family is from New York— as "a felon with a long history of arrests" in Suffolk County including aggravated harassment, criminal trespassing, petit larceny and drunken driving.
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NY Press: Snake bite triggered killings
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lol
I wonder if they're gonna bring the snake in as an accomplice? What a joke! I can't believe newspeople actually print garbage like this...wait a minute...yes I can!
-AzAtrox
I want to apologize to everyone on this forum, and anywhere else in the world who has 1/2 a brain for this lamebrain defense.
This is local news for us. I saw it this morning and about peed in my pants when the defense attorney said that the "medication" being used to treat the snakebite was having an effect on his mental state. Of course most people here on Long Island are believing it.
2 good things, however:1. He's being shipped back to Texas (off Long Island), and
2. He's being shipped back to Texas (look up execution statistics by state)
