She had no problem admitting on the witness stand that she had bludgeoned Kelly with a lamp, because the woman refused to return a pen. Maxwell was committed to a mental ward, with the full support of her husband, Sammy. Yet in , soon after she was released, she landed in jail for robbing two banks in St. Petersburg, Florida. By that point, she had seven personalities, but Wanda was still pinned as the culprit of the crimes. His DNA linked him to multiple attacks and burglaries spanning two years and several counties.
Harris insisted he was not a serial rapist, though; rather, it was one of his alters. According to Psychology Today , Dr. Colin Ross testified in court that he believed Harris had dissociative identity disorder, with reservations.
Clearly, everyone else in the courtroom had suspicions, too. He received a life sentence, which he has tried to appeal—so far with no success. The case against Dwayne Wilson began on September 20, , when his nephew, Paris, called the police. The boy explained that his uncle had stabbed him, his brother, his sister, and his mother in their New Jersey home.
Paris was the only survivor. But the judge rejected this argument and sentenced Wilson to 40 years in prison. But this whimsical nickname turned sinister when Huskey was charged with a string of murders. He confessed to killing four women, and was accused of raping and robbing two more. The first jury to hear this case could not reach a consensus on the murder, and the prosecution eventually gave up those charges.
To show that the other personalities were just a hoax, the prosecution called William Fletcher, a convicted rapist and a jailmate of Huskey's. Prosecutor Randy Nichols argued that the multiple personality defense is nothing but an excuse.
The evidence, he said, demands a guilty verdict. But defense attorneys asked: How could an uneducated man with a low I. Huskey, they said, did not remember killing anybody. In fact, they argued, Huskey didn't even know about the murders.
The tapes, they said, were simply evidence that Huskey is mentally ill. To further support their claim, defense attorneys showed jurors psychiatric reports that described Huskey as "possibly schitzophrenic," and pointed to his divorce from a woman who noted his mood swings and "scary split personality. Robert Sadoff, one of the nation's top forensic psychiatrists, told jurors he had been with Huskey before when "Kyle" emerged.
Deliberations went on for five days, the longest in state history, as jurors circled around the same questions. Even if Huskey had dissociative identity disorder, said juror Carolyn Vaugn, "Could he control 'Kyle' coming out? The jurors finally sent a note to the judge indicating that they could not reach a unanimous decision.
Five of the 12 jurors voted that Huskey was guilty and sane, while four deemed him not guilty by reason of insanity. Three never really decided since it was clear the group would never agree.
Frustrated jurors told Primetime they felt that the system itself was the problem. They had only two choices for Huskey: guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity.
They had no option, they said, of recognizing Huskey's illness while also holding him responsible for the crimes.
It doesn't say he didn't do it. Charlotte Trainer, another juror, agreed. A one-time prostitute told Primetime that Huskey almost killed her. Another former prostitute said that Huskey took her to the Knoxville Zoo, where he beat and raped her. She said she was saved when a mail truck happened to pull up, and Huskey fled.
She said she has no doubt it was Huskey, and that he never mentioned anyone named "Kyle. That's it. The jurors also never heard that Huskey was previously tried for raping three other prostitutes: one more at the zoo, and the other on Cahaba Lane, where the bodies of the four slain women were later discovered. In Huskey's rape trial, there was never a mention of multiple personality disorder, and he was convicted.
Huskey's lawyers said they wanted to introduce his multiple personality disorder in the rape trials, but the judge made it too difficult.
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