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She said her husband hasn’t resumed his regular demeanor and mood yet.

During visits with him at the jail, sometimes he returns to his regular form, but often he’s more quiet and reserved.

She said his mood Friday seemed to fall in the middle.

“He is a shell of the person he used to be,” she said.

“He is more aware right now, but I think it’s just acceptance that he has no choice in his life anymore, so he’ll just go on.” She expressed her wish that Ohio accepted “diminished capacity” when it came to pleas of insanity, instead of requiring a person to always be sane or always be insane.

Lammers said the complexities of mental illness made it difficult.

“It’s not like you can go to the doctor, put a splint on (the mind) and it heals itself,” Lam-mers said.

“You just never know what’s causing those emotions and those thoughts.

Maybe that’s why diminished capacity is maybe not utilized or recognized in Ohio, because of that uncertainty of the mental health diagnosis.” Amy Luebrecht expressed her gratitude for the Fort Jennings community and Putnam County as her family trudged through the unfortunate ordeal.

She noted people often dropped off groceries for her, and donors brought Christmas gifts to her two surviving children.

“Everyone we’ve seen has been very supportive.

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