卡特·林恩·道格拉斯在1986年被杀害40年后,她的凶手凯里·帕迪利亚被依法视为精神病,并被送回精神病院。 Forty years after Carter Lynn Douglas was killed in 1986, her killer, Carey Padilla, was deemed legally insane and returned to a psychiatric hospital.

1986年,20岁的卡特·林恩·道格拉斯在Rochester一个碎石坑被谋杀40年后,该案件在司法方面仍未解决,因为杀害她的凶手Carey Padilla因精神分裂症被依法视为精神病,并被送回国家精神病院。 Forty years after 20-year-old Carter Lynn Douglas was murdered in a Rochester gravel pit in 1986, the case remains unresolved in terms of justice, as her killer, Carey Padilla, was deemed legally insane due to schizophrenia and returned to a state psychiatric hospital. Padilla曾经患有未经治疗的精神疾病和幻觉,他在精神失常时用金属管袭击道格拉斯。 Padilla, who had a history of untreated mental illness and hallucinations, attacked Douglas with a metal pipe while in a psychotic episode. 虽然他最初被定罪,但第二次审判认定他不负刑事责任,理由是妄想和理解有缺陷。 Though he was initially convicted, a second trial found him not criminally responsible, citing delusions and impaired understanding. 关于他是否知道他的行动,专家们意见不一,有些专家指出,藏匿身体是意图的证据。 Experts disagreed on whether he was aware of his actions, with some noting body concealment as evidence of intent. 该案引发了目前关于精神保健、公民承诺和社区对严重精神病的反应的辩论。 The case has fueled ongoing debate over mental health care, civil commitment, and community responses to severe psychiatric illness.