In Galveston, Texas, Joshua Royce Mauldin, 20, confessed to putting his two-month-old daughter in a hotel microwave and turning it on for 10 seconds. (You can read a transcript of his confession here.)
The baby girl suffered critical burns and has had several surgeries since then.
Now Maudlin is on trail and his attorneys are trying to convince jurors that he was insane. If they are successful, Mauldin could spend the rest of his life in a mental institution.
Doesn’t seem likely though. Michael Fuller, professor of psychiatry, testified that Mauldin’s mental illness would not satisfy the legal requirements for being legally insane. He said it was possible that a combination of Mauldin’s mental illness, low-blood sugar and a sudden withdrawal from an antipsychotic drug could have triggered a brief period of insanity.
However, Edward Gripon, a Beaumont psychiatrist hired by the prosecution, said such a brief period of insanity was unlikely since Mauldin had not been formally diagnosed with low-blood sugar and that he was off antipsychotic drugs for two weeks.
Bottom line? Joshua Royce Mauldin is a sadistic bastard. In fact, Fuller testified that he couldn’t find a logical reason for Mauldin’s behavior.
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