Experts: Killings not premeditated

A neuropsychologist who completed a forensic mental health assessment on Eldon Samuel III testified Tuesday the teenager was incapable of acting deliberately when he killed his father and younger brother. “Eldon was in a very highly charged emotional state,” said Craig W. Beaver, who has a doctorate in clinical psychology and studies the brain and its relationship with behavior. “I don’t think he had the capacity to form intent”/ David Cole , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.