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Lawyer: Man thought 'Wheel of Fortune' host directed him to kill mother
AP via WTAE ^ | January 8, 2018

Posted on 01/15/2018 8:25:17 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

AKRON, Ohio — An Ohio man who reportedly believed “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak instructed him to kill his elderly mother has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

The Akron Beacon Journal reports a judge made the ruling Thursday in the murder case against 48-year-old Derrick Williams.

Defense attorney Brian Pierce says Williams believed he was getting messages from the TV game show when he heard his hometown mentioned. He thought Sajak was telling him to kill his mother when Sajak said, “Do it.”

Pierce says Williams was off his medication and “clearly was psychotic.”

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KEYWORDS: murder; patsajak; wheeloffortune
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1 posted on 01/15/2018 8:25:17 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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If you’ve ever encountered someone who is genuinely psychotic, off medications, it can be very dramatic. They lose touch with reality.


2 posted on 01/15/2018 8:28:19 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They need to charge Sajak.


3 posted on 01/15/2018 8:29:13 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’m afraid to tell you the message that Nike has been sending me ...


4 posted on 01/15/2018 8:30:59 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

"I'd like to solve the puzzle.......MOTHERS!"

5 posted on 01/15/2018 8:31:43 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

He shoulda bought a vowel................


6 posted on 01/15/2018 8:35:33 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: neverevergiveup

Yes. Often from 1966 into 1969. I was working nights at a state mental hospital while going to a junior college days.

Then the Marxists thought it was criminal to lock them up.

Since them we’ve had such psychotic fueled mayhem as Sandy Hook, Columbine, the Batman movie killer, the nut who shot Gabbie Gifford and others. The list is really large. The Marxists love it. It’s a Saul Alinsky wet dream.


7 posted on 01/15/2018 8:47:20 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Just wait till they start finding hidden messages in the JEOPARDY! answers.


8 posted on 01/15/2018 8:47:57 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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Pierce says Williams was off his medication and “clearly was psychotic.”

Hold on now... Pat Sajak did say 'do it'. I think Mr. Sajak should be called to testify. When he said 'do it' maybe he WAS telling this dude to kill his mother.... Just saying.

9 posted on 01/15/2018 8:52:39 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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First the Beatles (Charlie Manson). Then, a barking dog (Son of Sam). Then Jodie Foster (John Hinkley). Now Pat Sajak.

Who's giving these orders????

10 posted on 01/15/2018 8:57:36 AM PST by IronJack (A)
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Well, the contestant said he’d like to solve the puzzle. Now if killing the mother was part of the programs puzzle he might have a case.


11 posted on 01/15/2018 8:59:43 AM PST by BipolarBob (At one time I held the world record as the worlds youngest person on the planet.)
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Pee Wee Herman.


12 posted on 01/15/2018 9:07:49 AM PST by VietVet876
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“Pee Wee Herman.”

That guy didnt shoot his mother, he shot that other guy at the theater in the back of the head


13 posted on 01/15/2018 9:13:25 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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Derrick

14 posted on 01/15/2018 9:18:04 AM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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And the Jury fell for that defense?


15 posted on 01/15/2018 9:20:06 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: csvset

Derrick is “coo coo”.


16 posted on 01/15/2018 9:26:47 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: csvset
Are you sure this isn't his photo?


17 posted on 01/15/2018 10:05:28 AM PST by katana
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To: neverevergiveup

True words


18 posted on 01/15/2018 10:09:04 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Defense attorney gets an idea yeah that’s the ticket.


19 posted on 01/15/2018 10:17:04 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Watching CNN makes we want to punch the host in the face.
Better check my meds.
Oh wait..I’m not on meds.


20 posted on 01/15/2018 10:22:54 AM PST by Leep (The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
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