Word: bellofatto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...member of the Bellofatto family, I am responding to the eulogy for Sean Sellers written by Bianca Jagger [NOTEBOOK, Feb. 15]. [Jagger described Sellers' execution for murder, stating that he suffered from a mental disorder.] Before murdering his parents, Sellers at the age of 16 killed Robert Bowers, a convenience-store clerk who wouldn't sell him beer. Sellers later murdered his own mother Vonda Bellofatto and his stepfather Paul Lee Bellofatto in their sleep. It was not until after Sellers' final bid for appeal was turned down by the state of Oklahoma and his capital-punishment sentence became inevitable...
...only was he a child offender; Sean also suffered from a mental disorder. He was tried for three murders that took place in 1985 and '86: his mother Vonda, his stepfather Paul Bellofatto and Robert Bower. At trial, the jury was unaware that he suffered from multiple-personality disorder. Three mental-health experts established that Sean had severe brain damage as a result of an injury as a child. The U.S. Court of Appeal, noting that M.P.D. was "virtually unknown at the time of Sellers' trial," stated that his "illness is such that he may be able to prove...
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