Millikin University Professor Identified As Murderer by Whoopie • 3 August, 2013 • Crime • 0 Comments Jim WolcottDr. James St. James chairs the psychology department at Millikin University, a private university in Decatur, Illinois. He is an experimental psychologist who does research and teaches several classes on the subject. An aging hippie type, he is well liked by his students, who consider him “cool.” Jim Wolcott is an admitted murderer. He shot his parents and sister to death in 1967. When questioned by police, he confessed to the crime, but was later found not guilty by reason of insanity. Six years later, authorities considered him cured, and authorized his release from a mental health facility. After that, he disappeared. Learn more: James Wolcott aged 15 had been sniffing glue on the night of Aug. 4th, 1967 before murdering his parents and sister using a .22 rimfire rifle. He shot his father who was reading in the living room in the chest. He walked into his parent’s bedroom where he shot his mother in the chest leaving her for dead. He killed his sister Libby, aged 17 in her bedroom, shooting her in the face and chest. Afterwards he hid the rifle and ran outside crying and begging for help from passersby saying that someone had just murdered his family. He eventually confessed, telling police that he hated his mother because she chewed her food loudly and his sister because she spoke with an accent. He said that his father was trying to drive him insane by complaining about his long hair, refusing to let him wear anti-war buttons or attend peace rallies. He also admitted to having planned the murders for a week. The boy was diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a Texas jury acquitted him by reason of insanity. He spent the next six years in the State Hospital until he was declared cured and released. He received a doctorate in psychology from the University of Illinois and joined the Millikin faculty in 1986. Despite the recent revelation and the fact that Wolcott/St. James did not inform them of his past, Millikin University is standing by him, releasing this statement: “Given the traumatic experiences of his childhood, Dr. St. James’ efforts to rebuild his life and obtain a successful professional career have been remarkable,” the statement said. “The university expects Dr. St. James to teach at Millikin this fall.” His traumatic life? How about his family’s traumatic death?
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:37:37 +0000
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