Mississippi teen Carly Gregg was severely depressed and perchance proceeding voices erstwhile she allegedly gunned down her ain mother, psychiatrists testified astatine her proceedings Thursday — but 1 based on she committed a “diabolical” enactment that keeps her from gathering nan requirements of an insanity defense.
“I utilized nan connection diabolical. And I guidelines by that word,” psychiatrist Jason Pickett said of nan 15-year-old, who was caught connected camera texting her stepfather “When will you beryllium location honey?” from her mother Ashley Smylie’s telephone moments aft allegedly shooting nan 40-year-old successful nan look connected March 19.
The matter was an evident instrumentality to lure her stepfather location — erstwhile he returned a short clip later, Gregg allegedly fired a pistol astatine him and grazed him successful nan shoulder.
“When she did that, to me, that was very circumstantial and diabolical. And that to maine is not accordant pinch a dissociative spell, it is not accordant pinch psychosis, that is not accordant pinch mania,” said Pickett, who interviewed Gregg for complete 4 hours aft her arrest, according to WAPT.
“In my opinion, Carly does not meet Mississippi’s modular for insanity astatine nan clip of nan discourtesy and she knew nan quality and value of her actions connected that day.”
In Mississippi, defendants tin beryllium acquitted connected nan grounds of insanity if it’s demonstrated they were incapable to understand nan severity aliases effect of their actions, according to Justia Law — which is what Gregg’s defense is trying to establish.
Other psychiatrists astatine nan proceedings painted a image of a woman who was suffering terrible intelligence unwellness successful nan lead-up to nan alleged execution — including 1 who insisted Gregg was proceeding voices.
“She said she had been proceeding 1 voice, a antheral voice, since she was young — possibly astir 5 aliases six years old,” said Dr. Amanda Gugliano, who besides interviewed Gregg aft her arrest.
“She said she heard nan sound each day, but it was ever successful nan inheritance and she was capable to tune it out,” Gugliano said, explaining nan sound Gregg told her astir was a snide professional who would make comments astir people.
On Wednesday, Dr. Andrew Clark testified that nan voices successful Gregg’s caput had been intensifying starring up to nan shooting, and that she knowledgeable a intelligence break that time and has nary recollection of nan incident.
But different aesculapian professionals who worked pinch Gregg disputed nan declare astir nan alleged voices.
Olivia Leber — a caregiver who worked pinch Gregg successful January earlier nan sidesplitting — said she ne'er complained astir voices, delusions, aliases hallucinations while she was being diagnosed pinch awesome depressive disorder.
And Rebecca Kirk — a counsellor who besides met pinch Gregg successful January aft her parents said she was having terrible intrusive thoughts — testified that nan woman insisted she was not proceeding voices.
Gregg and Kirk met 9 different times and moreover had conversations astir “Crime and Punishment,” nan Russian caller astir a man who murders a female and past becomes plagued by anguish and guilt. But during nary of those sessions did Gregg grounds thing that mightiness bespeak she was astir to perpetrate murder, Kirk said.
Home surveillance footage from nan family’s location successful Brandon showed Smylie and her girl coming location aft apparently taking their dogs for a walk. Gregg was seen shuffling astir nan house, and yet followed her mother retired of nan framework earlier 3 gunshots and screams rang out.
The teen past returned to nan position of nan camera pinch thing down her back, and appeared to beryllium deliberately facing nan camera. Within moments she picked up her mother’s telephone and sent disconnected a matter message.
Clark suggested nan news of her mother’s caller find of nan teen’s marijuana habit, coupled pinch nan affectional turmoil she was going through, mightiness person sparked a psychotic episode.
“For Carly, successful particular, she truthful cared astir her mother’s approval, truthful for her, this was a crisis,” Clark said.
The teen faces charges of murder, attempted execution and tampering pinch grounds — on pinch 30 years to life successful situation if convicted.
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