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Delphi Murders Trial Day 15 Lunch Update:
-We began this morning with Dr. Polly Westcott who is a specialist in forensic psychology
-She is paid by the defense and was asked by them in May 2023 to evaluate Richard Allen
-She did so by reviewing his medical records, as well as the video of him from prison and she went to Westville Correctional Facility to evaluate him
-Her in-person exam was in August 2023
-In her report, she found Allen had an “ extensive mental health history”
-Said he was closed off as a child and began anxiety meds in his 20s
-He has struggled with at times severe depression throughout his life
-She diagnosed him with dependent personality disorder which means he needs other people to feel like a whole person
-The doctor said Alan relies heavily on his wife and mother
-She described him as a “fragile egg” when he arrived at prison after his arrest
-Dr. Westcott said she ruled out the possibility that he was faking his symptoms through several widely-accepted objective tests
-She described a clear decline in his mental and physical health while in prison
-She also did a handwriting comparison of Mr. Allen which she says even further shows his mental health decline
-She said writing can show a persons thought process
-She says the confession statement is disorganized and lacks grammar and punctuation. Also said the thoughts are fragmented and all together are signs of psychosis
- - These posts were already posted earlier:
-Dr. Westcott found that Allen is passive, avoids conflict and has a strong fear of abandonment
-She also testify that he is not very resilient and much more likely to decompensate under a stressful situation
-She said stressors, on top of severe depression, can lead to psychosis
-She said Dr. Wala’s medical notes and all medical notes are done through the provider’s eyes
-She seem to indicate that Richard Allen‘s detailed confession wouldn’t have been relayed in a narrative fashion as Dr. Wala put it in her report
-She also said Allen has sensory deprivation because the lights are on all the time and he was not sleeping
-During cross examination, deputy prosecutor Stacy Diener insinuated the Dr. Wescott received information about the defense attorneys opinion
-She said she did not
-Diener also pointed out that the prison psychologist and psychiatrist had more real time interaction with Allen so they’d be better suited to make a call on his health
-Westcott said her job was to look at mental health and documenting symptoms when asked why she chose to summarize some confessions and not others
-The jury asked several questions about Allen faking and Westcott’s testing methods
-After that, the defense attorneys assistant Max Baker was back on the stand
-Videos from insideAllen‘s prison cell were shown
-Again, the screen was turned so nobody from the public could see the videos
-There was some later testimony that indicated they showed Alan eating his own poop and banging his head into the wall
-Some jurors had some noticeable reactions like looking away from the video, but most sat stonefaced and watched-There was a test cross examination by McLeland
-He said the defense was only trying to get sympathy from the jury
-He then asked Baker if they were trying to make Allen out to be the victim
-At point Rozzi objected and both attorneys begin speaking over one another-Judge Gull had to tell them to stop
-McLeland asked why they didn’t show more videos where Alan was just sitting around and being normal
-Baker responded: “as far as I can tell you didn’t want them to see them either”
-Baker is referencing the fact that the prosecution objected to all the videos being shown
-Court resumes at 1:30
-Unclear who our witnesses are going to be for the rest of the day
-Could possibly be RichardAllen‘s wife since she has not been in the courtroom all day
-Updates later