Synagogue gunman had traumatic childhood and couldn't function as an adult, defense expert testifies
The perpetrator of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre has led a deeply unstable life dominated by serious mental illness and family dysfunction, and has attempted to take his own life several times, a clinical psychologist testified Thursday. “This was a person who from the beginning had a childhood that was just laden with trauma, neglect and abuse from before he was born,” Katherine Porterfield testified for the defense during the sentencing phase of Robert Bowers' trial. Bowers, 50, of suburban Baldwin, killed 11 worshippers from three congregations and wounded othe...
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