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Phoebe Judge

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Criminal
Like a Bad Dream

When he came back inside, he said Jarmilla was asleep on the couch, and that he kissed her and went upstairs to sleep.

Criminal
Like a Bad Dream

The neighbor who'd called the police said that he'd noticed Scott Falater motioning at his dog.

Criminal
Like a Bad Dream

The neighbor also described seeing Scott Falater put gloves on before he rolled Jarmilla into the pool.

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Like a Bad Dream

And police found bloody clothes and a hunting knife in the back of Scott's car.

Criminal
Like a Bad Dream

Scott Vallader's family said he had a history of sleepwalking.

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Like a Bad Dream

But the prosecutor said he, quote, did not fit the mold of a sleepwalker.

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Like a Bad Dream

Scott Vallater was found guilty of first-degree murder and given a life sentence.

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Like a Bad Dream

We'll be right back.

Criminal
Like a Bad Dream

The year the Canadian Supreme Court reviewed Kenneth Park's sleepwalking case, the FDA approved a new pill for insomnia, Ambien.

Criminal
Like a Bad Dream

The most popular sleeping pill then, Halcyon, had been linked to suicide and psychosis and had been banned by the UK and several other countries.

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Like a Bad Dream

In a few years, Ambien became a bestseller.

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Like a Bad Dream

At first, the fine print warned that it could cause abnormal thinking, strange behavior, and hallucinations.

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Like a Bad Dream

It said sleepwalking was possible but unusual, affecting one in a thousand people.

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Like a Bad Dream

But then, people started to tell stories of taking Ambien, going to sleep, and waking up to see emails they didn't remember writing, receipts for things they didn't remember buying, and wrappers from food they didn't remember eating.

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Like a Bad Dream

In April 2001, newspapers reported that R.E.M.

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Like a Bad Dream

guitarist Peter Buck had been arrested at Heathrow Airport.

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Like a Bad Dream

A few years later, in 2006, U.S.

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Congressman Patrick Kennedy was seen speeding in the wrong lane of traffic on Capitol Hill in the middle of the night.

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Like a Bad Dream

He hit a curb and then ran into a traffic barrier,

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Like a Bad Dream

He told the police that he was on his way to vote.