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Navajo psychiatrist bridges gaps between Native American culture and behavioral health care

GANADO – As a Navajo himself, Dr. Richard Laughter understands mental health issues experienced by members of the Navajo Nation on a deeply personal level. As a Native American psychiatrist,

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four people had been gunned down just miles apart and private investigator was convinced dwight jones was the killer. rick's insight into dwight's mental state developed over time in the aftermath of that terrifying night connie jones managed to escape her husband's rage. here again, is josh with unraveled. >> dr. connie jones spent 22 years married to a mentally ill and abusive husband. she was about to learn her personal ordeal might have led to a crisis for a whole city. >> i'll take you out -- >> back in 2009, after that frightening standoff with police at their home in scotsdale, arizona, dwight jones was arrested on multiple charges, but ultimately pleaded guilty to a single count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct. he was prohibited from owning a firearm during his probation,

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pitt. >> he was very intellectually honest, whether you wanted his opinion or not, you got it. he was fair. >> pitt was nationally known for his work on cases like the columbine massacre, and the murder of jon ramsey. when they met again a few years later, he asked her to lunch. >> i took him up on the offer. hi the longest lunch i've ever had. it was hours. it was fabulous. i loved every minute of it. >> hours turned into years. they got engaged. >> he was a brilliant forensic psychiatrist, but he was, in my bias opinion, an even better human being. >> he had two sons with his ex- wife and they were the center of his world. >> he would say, work hard, don't say can't, be nice, and have fun. >> steve was a master at delving into someone's mind,

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>> yes. yes. and i have to pay for the supervised visitations because he's a threat. >> what did this cost you financially? >> well, what he got was over $650,000. >> there came a point where connie could no longer afford my services or anybody else's. i couldn't walk away. >> you think, if you're not there, she's going to get killed? >> you really don't need to be dr. pitt to come up with a determination of what will eventually happen. >> their worries only increased in 2013, when connie's final protective order against dwight expired. and he was able to legally purchase a gun. >> he told me that he would wait until my defenses were down and then he would get me. >> by then, connie had started carrying a gun of her own. rick trained her how to use it, if and when the day came that dwight confronted her. >> i prepared her for it,

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terrorist. >> people don't get gunned down in their offices. >> n could those six lives have been saved? >> steve always said these things never happen in a vacuum. there are always warning signs. so moving him the way that we did was stunning to me. hello and welcome to dateline. forensic psychiatrist, steve pitt, was well known for his work on high profile criminal cases. when he was shot outside his phoenix office, it was a big story. nobody knew it yet, but his death was just the beginning of a terrifying murder spree. the victims all had something in common. but what? one man knew, but could he connect the dots before more lives were lost?

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here is josh with, "unraveled." >> for an agonizing stretch of nearly four days, the fear was palpable and paralyzing. >> the twists and turns don't end there. >> a killer was on the loose in and around phoenix, arizona. systematically shooting innocent victims. >> a massive man hunt underway. >> police worked around the clock desperate for leads. >> thwe're asking the public to remain vigilant. >> a long weekend of terror that would lead to a hard question. did any of it have to happen? because this was a tragedy many people saw coming. including the first and most high profile victim. >> he was like nobody else i ever met. and that's true to this day. >> back in 2002, natalie collins was a young lawyer defending a medical malpractice case. when she met a forensic psychiatrist named dr. steven

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and there was a critical piece of evidence that might link that weapon to dwight. that bit of dna on a shell casing recovered from the scene of steve pitt's murder. dna tests can take weeks or months. that was time police didn't have. >> we had some family members of mr. jones that were in northern arizona, with the help of the phoenix police department air unit, we flew a detective up there. >> at the same time, other investigators were on the hunt for dwight. >> we had a vehicle description for mr. jones. it was a 2001 gold mercedes e320. >> cops started pulling security video from the multiple crime scenes, looking for that gold mercedes. >> some surveillance video near the scene of dr. pitt's office, picked up that vehicle. sort of acting strangely in and around the time of the shooting. >> and pictures from the following day showed what looked like the same car near the law firm just minutes

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about ten miles from the spot steve pitt was killed. veleria's husband. >> she wasn't that type of person that had any enemies. i can remember the officer asking me a question like that. i'm like, no, no, no. >> natalie collins was at home. still in shock over steve's murder when she heard the news. >> i knew there would be a link between steve's murder and those murders, because people don't get gunned down in their offices in scottsdale, it doesn't happen. >> natalie's hunch was right. >> scottsdale police were able to confirm for us the murder scene on thursday and the murder scene on friday was connected. >> firearms analysis showed a 40 caliber weapon had been used in the homicide of dr. steve pitt. the same caliber gun killed paralegals veleria sharp and laura anderson. ten hours after the paralegals were killed -- >> about ten minutes after midnight this morning, we received a call of a shooting at the business complex behind

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and domestic violence. >> they had no problem whatsoever taking a position, a strong position around duis or driving under the influence. for some reason, we have had a very hard time over the years making the same argument with regards to domestic violence. >> habitual drunk drivers are quickly and legally separated from their car keys. but dwight jones, a documented domestic abuser, did not lose his right to own a gun. after holding his son captive in that standoff with police in 2009, he was allowed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct, which did not prevent him from legally buying the handgun he used to kill. and there was the mental health treatment strongly recommended by dr. steven pitt, and ordered by the court. dwight didn't go. >> the court did not follow up with that. there was no consequence for that. >> just before his death, steve pitt was proposing a story to dateline, about educating people to see the warning signs

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just 12 months. >> it is minimal. it's like being a disturbance in your neighborhood. it's not holding your child hostage for an hour. >> dwight was also committed to a mental institution for evaluation. connie remembers the report on dwight said he was not an imminent threat. >> but, the psychiatrist that evaluated him called me and told me that he was dangerous and that i should get a body guard. >> enter him? >> enter richard england. >> connie hired rick, the cop turned private investigator, to do surveillance on dwight. and to assess how much of a threat he posed. rick and his team tailed dwight, took photos and video of him. they also combed through dwight's cluttered debris- filled room in the family's home. and found some books with seriously disturbing titles. >> how to get even with people. how to injure people in street

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