03-21-2011, 05:46 AM
trial resumes today.
AP
NASHUA, N.H. — The word "creepy" was used by two defense witnesses Thursday to describe the behavior of a man who has admitted being part of a deadly knife and machete attack on a woman and her 11-year-old daughter.
Christopher Gribble has acknowledged his role in the killing of Kimberly Cates and the maiming of her 11-year-old daughter, Jaimie, in an October 2009 home invasion in Mont Vernon, but he’s asking a jury to rule he was insane.
Gribble’s father, Richard, testified that his son struggled to see other people’s points of view and would twist events to defend his positions. The elder Gribble, a software engineer, said he and his wife raised their son in the Mormon faith.
Aside from raising their voices on occasion, they did not abuse him physically or emotionally, he said, contradicting earlier testimony from his son.
Asked if his efforts to instill good values had been successful, Richard Gribble’s voice fell. Given the crimes his son had confessed to, "I would have to say no, they were not," he said softly.
edit to add: NASHUA, N.H. — A man who says he was insane when he helped kill a woman and maim her daughter in a knife and machete attack prides himself on his ability to lie and manipulate people, a psychiatrist testified today.
Dr. Albert Drukteinas spent nearly eight hours interviewing 21-year-old Christopher Gribble in February and read more than 13,000 pages of documents in the case. The doctor, who is testifying for the prosecution, said Gribble did not suffer from delusions or an inability to control his behavior in the October 2009 home invasion in Mont Vernon.
evidence:
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AP
NASHUA, N.H. — The word "creepy" was used by two defense witnesses Thursday to describe the behavior of a man who has admitted being part of a deadly knife and machete attack on a woman and her 11-year-old daughter.
Christopher Gribble has acknowledged his role in the killing of Kimberly Cates and the maiming of her 11-year-old daughter, Jaimie, in an October 2009 home invasion in Mont Vernon, but he’s asking a jury to rule he was insane.
Gribble’s father, Richard, testified that his son struggled to see other people’s points of view and would twist events to defend his positions. The elder Gribble, a software engineer, said he and his wife raised their son in the Mormon faith.
Aside from raising their voices on occasion, they did not abuse him physically or emotionally, he said, contradicting earlier testimony from his son.
Asked if his efforts to instill good values had been successful, Richard Gribble’s voice fell. Given the crimes his son had confessed to, "I would have to say no, they were not," he said softly.
edit to add: NASHUA, N.H. — A man who says he was insane when he helped kill a woman and maim her daughter in a knife and machete attack prides himself on his ability to lie and manipulate people, a psychiatrist testified today.
Dr. Albert Drukteinas spent nearly eight hours interviewing 21-year-old Christopher Gribble in February and read more than 13,000 pages of documents in the case. The doctor, who is testifying for the prosecution, said Gribble did not suffer from delusions or an inability to control his behavior in the October 2009 home invasion in Mont Vernon.
evidence: