Elena

He feels that he sometimes has trouble controlling his temper, but that has never got him into trouble except on this last occasion when he maintains that he cannot remember too clearly exactly what he did. How convenient. Yeah. But was told that the girl received a broken nose. Oh, my God. His insight and judgment are questionable.

He feels there must be something the matter with him, and he hopes that he will be able to find it out and have it cured here. Strange.

He feels there must be something the matter with him, and he hopes that he will be able to find it out and have it cured here. Strange.

Or if he really wanted help. Who knows?

Or if he really wanted help. Who knows?

Now, ultimately, doctors arrived at a diagnosis of adjustment reaction of adolescence with sexual deviation fetishism. Yikes. So, despite having been convicted, Jerry was allowed to return to school during the day. But then he would have to go back to the hospital. Okay. Yeah. So somehow this was kept secret from his peers at the time. Wow. They didn't know about him being in the hospital.

Now, ultimately, doctors arrived at a diagnosis of adjustment reaction of adolescence with sexual deviation fetishism. Yikes. So, despite having been convicted, Jerry was allowed to return to school during the day. But then he would have to go back to the hospital. Okay. Yeah. So somehow this was kept secret from his peers at the time. Wow. They didn't know about him being in the hospital.

They didn't know about his arrest. So he wasn't dealing with any attention based on that. But after about nine months at the state hospital, the medical staff determined that he was no longer a threat and he was discharged back into his parents' care.

They didn't know about his arrest. So he wasn't dealing with any attention based on that. But after about nine months at the state hospital, the medical staff determined that he was no longer a threat and he was discharged back into his parents' care.

No, he was going to kill that woman.

No, he was going to kill that woman.

And a year later, Jerry graduated from high school and enrolled at Oregon State University for a few semesters before dropping out in March 1959 when he joined the U.S. Army and was sent to Fort Gordon, Georgia for basic training.

And a year later, Jerry graduated from high school and enrolled at Oregon State University for a few semesters before dropping out in March 1959 when he joined the U.S. Army and was sent to Fort Gordon, Georgia for basic training.

Exactly. For Jerry, the army was his first chance to be completely away from his parents, particularly his mother.

Exactly. For Jerry, the army was his first chance to be completely away from his parents, particularly his mother.

And he wanted to establish his own life. He wanted to, like, go get away from what he had been doing. But his old habits and interests were plaguing him. They could not be put away. During the day, he trained at the Signal Corps, giving him the opportunity to pursue his interest in electronics and communications. But at night, his fantasies overtook, and he just couldn't get away from them.

And he wanted to establish his own life. He wanted to, like, go get away from what he had been doing. But his old habits and interests were plaguing him. They could not be put away. During the day, he trained at the Signal Corps, giving him the opportunity to pursue his interest in electronics and communications. But at night, his fantasies overtook, and he just couldn't get away from them.

Not long after transferring to Georgia, he became convinced that, quote, a Korean girl was sneaking into the barracks each night and crawling into his bed and trying to seduce him. All right. Which I'm like, so he's hallucinating now? Yeah. Yes. He said, I didn't want her and I came up fighting and beat her badly, he later said.

Not long after transferring to Georgia, he became convinced that, quote, a Korean girl was sneaking into the barracks each night and crawling into his bed and trying to seduce him. All right. Which I'm like, so he's hallucinating now? Yeah. Yes. He said, I didn't want her and I came up fighting and beat her badly, he later said.

And he said the scene would replay itself every night. And to him, it was very real. Is that a nightmare or is it a straight up hallucination? It must be his hallucination because no one else in the barracks ever saw a woman sneaking in, heard any noise, like wasn't happening. Soon, he came to dismiss this thing as a kind of hallucination or dream.