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The man who killed 11 people in a Squirrel Hill synagogue has an IQ in the top 10% but has deficits in some areas of cognitive function, including his brain’s processing speed, recognizing faces and social cues. Those characteristics, a defense expert said Monday, can be consistent with schizophrenia, a

Defense experts used words like psychotic, paranoid, illogical and delusional to describe Robert Bowers. Prosecutors used other words: methodical, calculated, premeditated, intentional. Bowers, 50, of Baldwin, was found guilty last month of killing 11 people as they worshipped at a Squirrel Hill synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. Before Bowers can be

Psychologist says Robert Bowers was schizophrenic, backing mental health defense, but also notes he delayed attack to avoid kids and worried about a parking ticket during massacre

Robert Bowers didn’t realize he’s mentally ill. The Baldwin man — who violently attacked a Squirrel Hill synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, killing 11 congregants — suffered from mental health problems as early as age 10. He spent 9 months in three Pittsburgh-area psychiatric hospitals at 13. He tried to

Defense for Robert Bowers trying to persuade jury to spare his life as US federal prosecutors seek death sentence for truck driver convicted of murdering 11 Jewish congregants

Robert Bowers thought there would be a parade and he would win medals and accolades for slaughtering 11 Jewish people as they worshipped at their Squirrel Hill synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. “He was proud of it,” forensic psychologist Richard Rogers testified Thursday in federal court. “He felt he had

“He moves through the world under a vague feeling of threat and paranoia.” “He is quick to agitation.” “Active psychosis makes it impossible for him to assess stimuli and read the world appropriately.” All of those findings, an expert in neuropsychiatry and epilepsy testified Wednesday, mean that Robert Bowers could

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Robert Bowers, accused of the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history.

An MRI of Robert Bowers’ brain shows an unusually large number of white matter lesions that could be indicative of schizophrenia, an expert testified Tuesday. But those types of lesions also can be caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure, migraines or heavy smoking, the expert said. Dr. Murray A. Solomon,

Cecil and David Rosenthal couldn’t read or write. They could tie their shoes, but the laces would be so loose that they would become untied almost immediately. They couldn’t process complicated situations and they hated loud noises. Even as men in their 50s who stood nearly 6 feet tall and