Obsessed with Columbine Massacre & Suicide: Dr. Buzz

Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner aka Dr. Buzz discusses his psychological insights with Jami Floyd on the Alvaro Castillo murder trial. Alvaro Castillo, who had a history of mental health issues and was obsessed with the Columbine High School massacre. He was on trial for gunning down his father before opening fire at a North Carolina high school three years ago.
Castillo, admitted shooting his father and firing at the students, but defense attorneys James Williams and Phoebe Dee arg ued he was not criminally responsible for his actions because he was legally insane. Experts for the defense testified that Castillo believed God wanted him to sacrifice his father and the students. He also reported he was going to kill himself.
Prosecutor James Woodall said while Castillo might be disturbed, he does not meet the criteria for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. He said Castillo planned a murderous rampage.
"He wants to be famous and he wants to be somebody. And the only way he can figure out to do that is to kill some folks," Woodall stated.
The 13 days of testimony told the story of an alienated young man who grew up in a dysfunctional family and finally lashed out violently on August 30, 2006.
Castillo, then 18, shot his father, Rafael, 65, seven times in the head and neck as he sat on the couch reading, according to testimony. Castillo covered his father's body with a sheet, held his hand, kissed him, asked for forgiveness and then left a note and pipe bomb next to the body.
Castillo later dressed in a Colorado T-shirt, a black trench coat he bought during a sightseeing trip to Columbine, cargo pants, military-style boots and ammunition belts, according to testimony. He armed himself with a sawed-off shotgun he named Arlene, the same name Columbine shooter Eric Harris gave his gun, he wrote in his journal.
He also carried a 9 mm semi-automatic rifle he named Anna after an unrequited high school crush. He gathered pipe bombs, smoke grenades and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition.
Castillo's trial included eight hours of homemade videos showing Castillo ranting, yelling, whispering, singing and beating himself; journal entries detailing an obsession with a classmate he compared to the obsession would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley had with Jodie Foster; and a notebook he called "Mass Murders and School Shootings of the 20th and 21st Centuries."
Castillo's mother and sister, both named Victoria, testified that Rafael Castillo tormented the family. He was described as a controlling husband and father with unconventional beliefs. They said he forbid his wife from bathing the children in warm water because he believed cold water cured all ills. The children often saw their father drag their mother by her hair, according to testimony.
Alvaro Castillo, 21, has been medicated during the trial and showed little reaction as the first ver dict was read -- guilty of the first-degree murder of his father.
He also was convicted of multiple assault and weapons offenses in the school shooting. No one was killed at the school, but two students were wounded.
The jury deliberated seven hours before rejecting Castillo's insanity defense.

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[HeatherrAdictionn]

Thumbs up if you got to this because you thought something was wrong with you because you, yourself, are obsessed with the Columbine massacre.. haha. xD

[purpleravenstar]

@HeatherrAdictionn *thumbs up* I -used- to be obsessed with Columbine, but not as much as today as I drive for Prime, Inc. For that matter, I've been asking my dispatcher to give me truckload freight going to Denver (specifically the 80123 area) so I can park my Freightliner on the spot Eric once parked should I run out of driving hours; and play industrial music all night long and grill some bbq on the back of the sleeper berth for breakfast. Mmmmm, yeah! :)

[Selam352]

When white people kill they call it insanity they get away with it when others kill they don't have excuses

[hatersmyfuel]

@HeatherrAdictionn =D

[ilikeblondie]

@MaskedReaper13 and what have you solved? they didnt kill a single jock or bully so how was it getting back at bullies? And have the bully rates gone down? NO. violence does NOT beget violence. a gun toting simplton such as yourself will never realize such. Because your so close minded as the rest of the world to believe you have an answer to an unsolvable question. People died there, most whom never really heard of or messed with those two. So no they didnt do anything immortal, so Fuck You.

[ilikeblondie]

@MaskedReaper13 its called talking, there is no reason whatsoever to kill another person. They arent heros, they were cowards, if they were heros, they would kick the bullies ass, not blow them away, you arent proving anything other than you need a tool because you cant do it yourself. Which is weak and cowardly.

[TankKiller66]

He even looks like a guy that would be named buzz, he needs to take a breath ahaha

[agwoodliffe]

That psychiatrist needs to cool off a little