I wonder if he wasn't working on his insanity defense by collecting leaves. He appears to be a planner.
There will likely be no insanity defense. He is insane, no doubt. But not by the letter of the law.
His defense att. only job is to represent him in proceedings, and his only fight will be death penalty or life in prison.
Basically the defense att, is just there to defend him against the DP, which is his right, unfortunatly in this case.
And the only card MH has to play against the DP, is that he told them where the bodies were. And that’s likely not to even work in this case.
No doubt they will throw the key away, either way.
I’m not one for “street justice” but. In MH’s case I’d love to see it.
For an insanity defense you have to not know right from wrong, and MH’s does. He has already been imprisoned once before.
He hid the bodies, he hid the girl, he knew it would be wrong, to find them.
He planned (or attempted) to not be found out.
Insanity pleas are hard to achieve, and attempting one in this case would miserably fail.
It isn’t against the law to collect leaves, or even hang them on your walls in bags, if you are that nuts. But that’s a long stretch to a triple homicide and the rest of the turn of events in this crime.
