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Saturday, April 19, 2008

PTSD on trial again

Lane County jury finds ex-Navy medic guilty in wife's death
Posted by The Associated Press April 19, 2008 13:55PM
Categories: Breaking News
EUGENE -- An ex-Navy medic who claimed he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder has been convicted of aggravated murder in the shotgun slaying of his estranged wife three years ago.

A Lane County jury deliberated 45 minutes on Friday before convicting 30-year-old Tyke Thomas Supanchick for the death of 25-year-old Kelly Supanchick in December 2005.

The jury rejected Supanchick's claim that intensive military training and post-traumatic stress suffered while serving at the Pentagon after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack led to the killing.

His wife was shot four times with a shotgun as she sat on a bed in her home with her hands bound in front of her.

The same jury will begin hearing evidence Tuesday to decide whether to impose a death sentence.

-- The Associated Press
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/04/lane_county_jury_finds_exnavy.html

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