University Daily Kansan, January 22, 1985
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NATION AND WORLD
Alexander called unstable by last witness for defense
By KEVIN LEATHERS Staff Reporter
After presenting testimony that Donald E. Alexander was mentally ill at the time an 80-year-old Lawrence woman was murdered, the defense rested its case late yesterday afternoon.
Alexander is charged with felony murder, rape and aggravated burglary in the death of Marguerite L. Vinyard.
The last defense witness, Elias Chediak, a Lawrence psychiatrist, testified yesterday that Alexander was under considerable stress and was emotionally and mentally unaware at the time of the woman's death.
Chediak characterized Alexander's condition at the time of the actual murder as a "brief reactive psychosis." Vinyard was found in her home Aug. 5.
Chediak explained that Alexander had dealt with his stress through drug and alcohol abuse. He also said that stressful events before the murder had caused Alexander to develop a plan to kill himself.
ALEXANDER'S BEHAVIOR was too disorganized and unusual at the time of Vinyard's murder to be that of a normally functioning person, Chediak said. The "brief reactive psychosis," a condition which can occur in a person who is suffering from severe stress, predisposes him to Alexander's attention at the time he was confronted by Vinyard, he said.
Although killing and sexually assaulting someone is not always the act of an insane person, Chediak said, interviews with Alexander and his parents and research of Alexander's past indicated that conditions were present to trigger a type of temporary insanity.
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