Jimmy Ray Rodgers Sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON

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Jake Allen
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She has not met Jimmy Rodgers, but read a lot about his history and spoke with his brother and two of his aunts, Evans said.





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Jake Allen
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Evans looked at Jimmy Rodgers' developmental trauma issues, she said.

 

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Jaclyn Bevis

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Dr. Evans reviewed documents from Rodgers life (arrests records, hospital records, birth records, family records) to determine the developmental trauma on Rodgers in his early life experiences. #trialtweets #TeresaSievers #NBC2CourtCoverage #JimmyRodgersontrial

 

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Jake Allen
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Some of the reports Evans reviewed were self reported by Jimmy Rodgers, she said.





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Jake Allen
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When you have early childhood trauma people get aggressive or tend to withdraw, Evans said.

There are two ways people respond to this, to the world they've been given, Evans said.

 

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Jake Allen
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There was a chance Jimmy Rodgers was not going to survive this, according to medical records, Evans said.





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Jake Allen
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Evans read Rodgers' medical records and confirms he was born without oxygen because the umbilical cord was wrapped around his throat, she said.

 

[Curious Me]

Aggressive as in hit someone before they hit you or withdraw.

Witness says she diagnoses and she is a mental health professional. She looked at how Jimmy learned to cope from birth. Looked at the medical records from his birth, delivered C-section, the cord wrapped around his neck and he did have a lack of oxygen to the brain. He had trouble breathing and it seems his lungs took time to develop. Learning Disabilities are common from this start.

 

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Jaclyn Bevis

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Dr. Evans confirms Rodgers was born under emergency situations when his heart was beating too fast and he was determined to have a lack of oxygen to his brain with his umbilical court wrapped around his neck. #trialtweets #TeresaSievers #NBC2CourtCoverage #JimmyRodgersontrial

 

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Jaclyn Bevis

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Dr. Evans says family shared that as a child, when Rodgers would get upset or frustrated he would hold his breath long enough to pass out. #trialtweets #TeresaSievers #NBC2CourtCoverage #JimmyRodgersontrial

 

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Jake Allen
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*as a child. When was about five or six years old, Evans said.





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Jake Allen
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Rodgers would get upset about things that happened as a childhood and would pass out, which is quite race, Evans said.

"He got so anxious or so upset that he would pass out," Evans said. "That's not normal."

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Jake Allen
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Lack of oxygen at the fetal stage can cause learning disabilities or problems with emotion regulation, Evans said.

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No one should get angry thinking this testimony will lessen his sentence. The defense is still defending.

 

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Sad he didn't have the support back then...





Jake Allen
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In first grade, he was put in a special school by his paternal grandparents, Evans said.





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Jake Allen
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Jimmy Rodgers had trouble in school with sobbing attacks, he would shout and cry, Evans said.

 

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Sad but....




Jake Allen
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In first grade, he was put in a special school by his paternal grandparents, Evans said.





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Jake Allen
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Jimmy Rodgers had trouble in school with sobbing attacks, he would shout and cry, Evans said.

 

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Jaclyn Bevis

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Reports from the department of children and families in Missouri reveal that Rodgers reported not getting fed at home and also that he would report watching with his father. #trialtweets #TeresaSievers #NBC2CourtCoverage #JimmyRodgersontrial

 

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Jake Allen
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From birth until his father's death, Jimmy Rodgers heard he was the cause of his mother's mental illness and was the reason she died by suicide, Evans said.





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Jake Allen
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Jimmy's father blamed him for his mother's mental issue and told him he was the reason his mother was ill, Evans said.

His father also blamed Jimmy Rodgers for his mother's death and encouraged him to commit suicide, Evans said.

 

[Curious Me]

Dr. Amanda Evans. Retired professor of clinical social work from Florida Gulf Coast University has a lot of background information about the childhood of Jimmy Ray Rodgers. She's a good witness to confirm what the brother said that Jimmy had an extremely tough childhood.

His mother's mental illness and the onset of schizophrenia and her psychotic break left the little boy from birth the victim of his father's blame. The father blamed Jimmy for the C-section, for his mother's illness, and the father blamed Jimmy for her suicide. I wonder if he was so angry at his mother when using that hammer on TS?

 

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These childhood stories really bother me. The system failed him in his early years...sad

 

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Jake Allen
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With a child always exposed to fear, Jimmy Rodgers' fear response would be triggered all the time, Evans said.





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Jake Allen
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Evans is talking about the impacts of elevated cortisol levels.

 

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Jake Allen
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Rodgers was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, which did not surprise Evans, she said.

 

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Jake Allen
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Evans role is to understand what happens to people and how they get from point A to point B, she said.

Her role is to explain and not excuse, she said.

 

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Jake Allen
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Evans did not get the impression that Jimmy Rodgers is a leader, she said.

I got the impression that he wanted friends, Rodgers said.





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Jake Allen
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Jimmy Rodgers was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at 17, Evans said.

He was also prescribed an anti-depressant at the time, Evans said.

 

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Jake Allen
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All the records Evans has were provided by Jimmy Rodgers' defense attorneys and a mitigation specialist, she said.





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Jake Allen
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ASA Hunter is now cross examining Evans.