An interesting case from a mental health standpoint and it harkens back to something Glenn Close spoke of concerning the stigma surrounding mental illness, "part of the clique, part of the stigma of mental illness is that people are going to be violent." So I ponder, what would have happened had Casteel received help he so obviously needed?
There is a bit of religious ideation with his choice of the word "demon" but nothing compared to the recent "exorcism" cases that have been in the news. I would be curious to know if he could "pinpoint" the fuel for these paranoid thoughts or if they just materialize out of nothing.
A Wixom man police say is the Interstate 96 corridor shooter who terrorized motorists in October 2012 testified Monday that he was prompted to randomly shoot at cars after receiving “coded messages” during Detroit Tiger baseball games.
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During his testimony Casteel admitted several years of frustration over his inability to find a job and also to being “paranoid” of what he thought was a government conspiracy directed at him and his family since 2009. He said the shootings also came after concern he was being monitored for unknown reasons.
“It was to get rid of the demon, so to speak, “ Casteel calmly testified, referring to the shootings.
The married, unemployed geologist, who testified for more than two hours said he returned to Michigan in 2012 after he lost his job in Kentucky in 2009. He said his former employer and the U.S. government were working together to blackball him from other employment.
Additionally, he testified “advance technologies” — possibly satellite signals — were being used to injure his family and caused his wife to have two miscarriages, his three-year-old daughter to experience skin rashes and lesions, and killed his family’s cat.
“It sounds crazy. ... I was paranoid,” testified Casteel, who said since his November 2012 arrest and being placed on medication in jail he has not experienced any of the past feelings.
I-96 shootings suspect says he got 'coded messages' telling him to act | The Detroit News
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