Posted on 10/17/2015 12:38:16 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A double murder suspect makes a confession during a taped interview recorded by police.
In a two-hour statement to Brown County investigators, Michael Wilcox admitted to killing two people and blames a virus sent over the Internet for taking control of him.
Wearing a green, suicide prevention suit, Wilcox admitted to killing his girlfriend, Courtney Fowler, and friend Zach Gilkinson.
The statements were taken April 2015 after Wilcox's arrest for the killings.
He has since pleaded guilty to murdering Fowler as part of a plea agreement.
WKRC obtained the videotaped interviews through a public records request to Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little.
"I felt like I was under control," Wilcox said on the tape." Not under control of myself but that someone else had control of me. Because I love that girl and that was my best friend."
Wilcox described how he shot Fowler in the head and back because "noises" in his head told him to. He says a computer virus infected him.
"I feel like they sent it over the internet and I felt it go into mea virus.I swear to you. This ain't me."
Wilcox said after killing Fowler he drove around for several hours listening to rap music.
He then drove to Elsmere, Kentucky where he shot Gilkinson in the basement of his home.
"It was boom, boom, boom. I swear to you if I thought about it I would've done myself in, too. Just because I did the two people I love."
Wilcox has been indicted for Gilkinson's murder. An extradition order has been signed and Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders said he expected Wilcox to be transferred in the next few weeks.
Sanders saw Wilcox's statement and said it was calculated.
"I think anybody who watches those videos, which are now public record in Brown County, can recognize that Mr. Wilcox's explanation for these murders is just off the charts, incomprehensible and really quite silly. I think the evaluations of his mental health show that Mr. Wilcox is faking. He is malingering, which is the technical term for it. He's trying to convince folks that he's crazy."
Wilcox was sentenced to 18 years in prison for Fowler's murder. His guilty plea makes the Kentucky case death penalty eligible. Sanders said he had not decided whether to pursue the death penalty.
How did a Florida murder happen in Kentucky?
[he drove around for several hours listening to rap music]
Ah, OK.
Those funky green suicide prevention suits don't work.
Just ask the late, unlamented perv, Assistant US Attorney John David Roy Atchison (1954 – 2007).
It’s a suicide prevention suit, not a murder prevention suit.
Well, it failed, didn't it? LOL! As AUSA Atchison demonstrated. Q. E. D.
I didn’t read that he was wearing it. What is a suicide prevention suit anyway?
Beats me.
After reading a different thread (on Hillary and the emails), I got a sudden urge to trash Zero's Department of Justice. And suicide prevention plus memory plus DoJ plus google just came together, and I dredged up a cold (dead and buried) case, admittedly on W's watch.
BTW, suicide prevention suits, whatever they are, also come in blue (and yellow — see link):
Looks like I'm ignorant. See here:
Confidential to Wilcox: psst, you’re supposed to plead insanity, not stupidity.
DANG!
Should have gone with Mac instead of PC.
Paging Fox Mulder with two case references: The Ghost in the Machine or First Person Shooter.
I love the models. I wonder what the actually job description said.
“Needed: Men and women to model suicide prevention suits. No good looking people should apply. Depressions and/or mental illness optional. We are an equal opportunity employer!”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.