11-19-2013, 04:46 PM
Austin Sigg Gets Life In Prison 
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The prosecutors did a good job; they got separate sentences for each of the crimes to which he pleaded guilty - he will never leave prison.
It's not like the defense didn't pull out all of the stops, though. Here's the sob story.
Snip:
Dr. Anna Salter told the court that Sigg may have been aroused by the dismemberment. She said that in 2008, when he was 12, Sigg's family had discovered him watching violent pornography and sought treatment for him.
Sigg's attorney told the court that Sigg was taken to "Christian counseling" where he told counselors he was concerned the pornography was "affecting my whole life." She also said that Sigg was diagnosed with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder and put on medication at age 14.
Sigg's attorney told the court that according to medical records Sigg's mother told doctors that she had fallen down stairs while pregnant, and "breathed some strong paint fumes." She said that the labor was "complicated" and a vacuum was needed to deliver him. She also discussed an intestinal condition that required hospitalization when he was an infant, and his family history of mental health issues.
Dr. Salter testified that, although he committed the murder as a juvenile, the crime did not meet the markers of typically adolescent crime, including impulsivy and seeking peer approval. Sigg used homemade chloroform to subdue Ridgeway after finding a recipe for the substance on the internet.
Full story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5...-ridgeway/
I'm happy that he'll be caged for life and hope that psych experts can learn something that might help them predict/prevent other youths with desires to commit such horrific crimes. This kid was a rapist, killer, mutilator, necro...you name it. Something more than pornography created such a monster. IMO.
The prosecutors did a good job; they got separate sentences for each of the crimes to which he pleaded guilty - he will never leave prison.
It's not like the defense didn't pull out all of the stops, though. Here's the sob story.
Snip:
Dr. Anna Salter told the court that Sigg may have been aroused by the dismemberment. She said that in 2008, when he was 12, Sigg's family had discovered him watching violent pornography and sought treatment for him.
Sigg's attorney told the court that Sigg was taken to "Christian counseling" where he told counselors he was concerned the pornography was "affecting my whole life." She also said that Sigg was diagnosed with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder and put on medication at age 14.
Sigg's attorney told the court that according to medical records Sigg's mother told doctors that she had fallen down stairs while pregnant, and "breathed some strong paint fumes." She said that the labor was "complicated" and a vacuum was needed to deliver him. She also discussed an intestinal condition that required hospitalization when he was an infant, and his family history of mental health issues.
Dr. Salter testified that, although he committed the murder as a juvenile, the crime did not meet the markers of typically adolescent crime, including impulsivy and seeking peer approval. Sigg used homemade chloroform to subdue Ridgeway after finding a recipe for the substance on the internet.
Full story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5...-ridgeway/
I'm happy that he'll be caged for life and hope that psych experts can learn something that might help them predict/prevent other youths with desires to commit such horrific crimes. This kid was a rapist, killer, mutilator, necro...you name it. Something more than pornography created such a monster. IMO.