my brother got up. went to get a bowl of ice cream. before we knew it, the bowl of ice cream went flying. hemy was getting slapped. and it just kept going and going and going. but it was at boarding school where he experienced his first demon. he described the demon much bigger than him. when he saw and felt this demon, he felt anguish, deep pain. by the time andrea knew him, hemy neuman has a history of break downs. teetering on the edge of having another one according to the defense. it began as a fantasy according to mental health experts. something to help him escape his troubled life. they say workplace infatuation seem became something much more. confidant testified it looked
different picture of hemy neuman. he s running a number on psychologist. he was probably the smartest person in that courtroom. the prosecutor told the jury that hemy had lied about hallucinations to try to get away with murder. and the defense experts had fallen for it. if he lied to you about that delusion and everything in your report is off the table, could i be wrong. that is correct. the prosecutor called a parade of witnesses to the stand. hemy s work colleague who is had seen him every day. did you ever see anything that made you question his mental stability. no, not at all. have you ever observed him when he was hallucinating. no. according to the prosecution s own expert witness, it would have been impossible for hemy to have covered up such a serious mental illness. there s going to be some evidence somewhere of a impairment. would someone to unstable be
his psych was so fragile the defense argued it hadn t taken much for andrea to send hemy over the edge. if they could prove he was not guilty by reason of insanity and didn t know right from wrong, there was a chance he would escape prison if not a hospital bed in psychiatric unit. first witness was hemy s younger sister, she painted a picture of a painful childhood. would you describe for the jury your household at 6:00 in the evening when your father was coming home. anxiety. monique explained their father, a violent and alcoholic man, had beaten both children savagely. i ve been kicked, slapped, i ve been whipped. and those things you don t forget. monique said hemy took the worst of the beetings.
in her eyes, andrea wasn t pushing hemi away at all. i saw her wanting him and leading him on. going out of town with him. holding hands with him. eventually what i m told from hemi actually having sex with him. y actually having sex with him. on the stand she was adamant it was strictly business. even though itinerary had plans to see a play and a nightclub. we did not do anything. jurors heard evidence that andrea and hemy did go dancing on their last trip together to greenville south carolina. a month before rusty sneiderman was killed. the bar made testified she saw public displays of affection that would justify the taunt of get a room. he kept spinning her around. groping each other. did you see the parties kiss. yes, i did. how many times did they kiss. i would say about three times. did you see the female push
interview. hemy said this time the delusion took a surprising form. a demon appeared before him and he sounded like barry white. he also says he saw an angel who sounded like olivia newton john. the message was as out there as the vision itself. according to hemy neuman, the angel sassigned him a deadly mission. the children were at risk from a degree ia sneiderman s husband. he thought he was doing the right thing. saving the children from the same kind of trauma he had. prosecution painted a very