OK - Generro Sanchez, 18, ECU student, murdered, Asher, 6 Dec 2012 *Insanity*

ADA — An 18-year-old man known at East Central University for walking around in a black suit may have targeted other students living in the freshman dorms, a suite mate says.
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Sometimes he used a cane, even though he didn't need one.
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Jerrod Murray, of Asher, was charged Friday in Pottawatomie County with first-degree murder.

He is accused of killing fellow ECU student Generro Sanchez, who apparently was lured to his death after agreeing to give Murray a ride to a Walmart in exchange for $20.
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Pottawatomie County Undersheriff J.T. Palmer described the defendant's demeanor following his arrest.

“I asked the suspect how it made him feel,” Palmer wrote. “He said it was OK.”
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“He just didn't seem right,” suite mate Evan Jolliff said. “But I didn't ever really want to say that … didn't really want to judge him … just because he wore a suit.”

As the suspect was led away from court Friday in Shawnee, Murray told a television reporter that he wasn't proud of what he has confessed to doing to Sanchez. He also said he wasn't sorry about shooting the victim, even as the young man begged for his life.
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His release became a possibility because a psychologist at the Oklahoma Forensic Center in Vinita reported in September that he is not presently mentally ill. Psychologist Peter Rausch also reported to the judge in September that Murray is not considered to be a present danger to society.
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Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law a bill creating a new criminal defense of guilty but with mental defect, a bill introduced this session because of a high-profile Pottawatomie County homicide case...

The legislation, authored by Sen. Ron Sharp, R-Shawnee and Rep. Justin Wood, R-Shawnee, was requested by Pottawatomie County District Attorney Richard Smothermon following the 2012 high-profile murder case involving defendant Jerrod Murray.

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wfgodot said:

Daily Oklahoman:

Judge won't free ECU student's remorseless killer from state mental facility
A man who was found not guilty by reason insanity in the death of an East Central
University student will remain in a state hospital in Vinita, a judge ruled Thursday.


much more at the link

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