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...