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  • Family’s horror: Killer will go free (received degrees) - "retarded" saved him from death penalty

    03/05/2006 5:01:15 PM PST · by Former Military Chick · 38 replies · 1,409+ views
    Associated Press ^ | March 5, 2006 | Associated Press
    BUNKER HILL, Ind. -- Christopher Flauding was considered retarded. Now, 27 years after he killed a Merrillville woman, he's about to go free, a bachelor's degree in anthropology to his name. Flauding was 17 when he attacked Celia Villareal with a butcher knife as she walked into her far-Northwestern Indiana home. Now 44, Flauding disputes labels such as "borderline mentally retarded" and "a limited mind" that were attached to him -- and may have saved him from the death penalty. Defense attorneys used the 17-year-old Merrillville High School junior's mental state as part of its case to keep Flauding off...