While we need to get out as much information as possible about PTSD so the people suffering with it understand, the information can also be used to fake a wound. Keep an open mind when you read this because we really don't have a complete understanding of all that is involved in this case. kc
Doctors' testimony differs in Cortez murder trial
David Young
An out-of-body experience that felt like a commando raid in Iraq.
That is how one doctor on Friday described a Greeley Iraq war veteran’s actions the night he burst into a home with a shotgun and killed his estranged wife.
Friday was the fourth day of testimony in the first-degree murder trial of Ricardo Cortez. The 25-year-old is accused of killing his estranged pregnant wife, Nikki Fix-Cortez, 21, on Sept. 16, 2007, with a shotgun because she was leaving him. Cortez also injured Fix-Cortez’s friend Sam Jantz, according to prosecutors. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Dr. James Waters, a psychologist in private practice in Boulder who was hired by the defense, testified that Cortez suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Waters said Cortez’s PTSD stems from a number of issues, including being molested by his father and serving as a medic for two tours of duty in Iraq, where he saw ghastly images of people dying.
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