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Right now, I would say
there's about 500 people
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standing around, and they have
strange looks on their faces.
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It's a look of--
I don't know, it's hard to describe.
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They seem to be in a daze.
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They just can't
believe John Lennon is dead.
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It was a somber crowd.
They had not come to socialize.
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They'd come to mourn.
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John Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono,
had asked that the singer's death...
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{\an8}In the morning after John died,
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{\an8}I went through the gate,
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and there was a police yellow tape
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around the driveway area.
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And there was broken glass on the ground.
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And John's blood on the sidewalk,
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{\an8}and I had to step over that
to enter the building.
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Yoko was barely there.
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She stared at the television for a while,
although the sound was off.
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It was only showing one thing
over and over and over again.
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We heard the singing from downstairs,
although we were on the top floor.
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We heard it very, very clearly.
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And then she looked at me and said,
"Why would that man do that?"
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Yes. I'm the chief of detectives,
James T. Sullivan,
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New York City Police Department.
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We asked you to come here to
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give you a briefing
on what we know at this point
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and what has occurred at this point
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regarding the homicide of John Lennon.
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We have arrested Mark David Chapman
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of 55 South Kukui-- K-U-K-U-I-- Street,
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Hawaii, for the homicide of John Lennon.
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Does he have a history
of psychiatric care?
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We don't know that at this point.
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How did he behave?
Did he appear rational?
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- He behaved very calmly.
- Could you tell us where...
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- But was rational?
- ...Mr. Lennon was shot, please?
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There were th--
He was shot three ti-- Well, no.
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I can't say that he was shot.
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That will be determined
by the medical examiner.
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But there are seven wounds.
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And they can be entries and exits, though.
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How many shots was fired?
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The gun was empty. Five shots.
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Did he give any reason? Any motive?
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No.
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- Okay. Thank you.
- Thank you.
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{\an8}The world's media have descended
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{\an8}on the New York Police Department's
20th Precinct.
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They're desperate
to know more about the man
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who has just assassinated John Lennon.
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Where had they been?
Did they act together?
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Thank you, everyone.
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They're allowed to roam around,
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interviewing police dealing with the case.
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Can I get--
Just let me get this paperwork done.
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At the precinct,
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I was surrounded by reporters
'cause everybody wanted to know.
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How many times was he shot?
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Was he unconscious?
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He was--
As far as I know, he was unconscious.
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Was he moaning, saying anything at all?
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- No.
- And how about Yoko?
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She was hysterical. Yeah.
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{\an8}It would be somebody from England,
somebody from Germany,
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{\an8}I mean, just wanting to talk to me,
you know, and--
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This was such a major case
that was heard around the world,
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and everybody wanted to know.
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What do we know
about the suspect upstairs?
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- What're you being told?
- I know nothing, man.
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Where was he when you got there?
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- He was already in custody.
- Who's he being held by?
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He was being held by Police Officer Spiro.
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Have you got a description of the suspect,
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like a general description?
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When I was assigned to guard
Chapman at the detectives office,
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it was shocking, you know,
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to be sitting there with
this guy who just killed John Lennon.
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And at first, he was very calm,
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but then he started to get nervous,
and he started shaking.
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And the detective came in and said,
"We notified your wife in Hawaii that--"
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Then he really got upset and nervous.
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And he said,
"I have to go to the bathroom."
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I said, "Okay, I'll take you
to the bathroom."
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I took him to the bathroom.
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And while I was in there, I said to him,
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"Do you realize what you've done here?"
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He says, "Yes. I killed myself.
I'm John Lennon."
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And I just looked at him.
I felt like, you know,
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I wanted to throw him out the window,
you know, but...
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The police take
an initial statement from Chapman.
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He's then allowed to speak to his wife.
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{\an8}- Hello, Gloria?
- Yes.
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{\an8}Yeah.
This is Police Officer Spiro.
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- Yes.
- I'm here with your husband.
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- Uh-huh. Is he--
- He just wanted me
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to get you on the phone
first to tell you that he's all right.
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- Uh-huh.
- He's gonna talk to you now.
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Their phone conversation
is recorded in case Chapman
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reveals any key information.
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{\an8}- Hi.
- Hi, Mark.
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{\an8}Are the police with you?
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{\an8}No. First call I got was a reporter.
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{\an8}Well, I don't want
to talk to anybody else.
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{\an8}I know, but you don't
want me to go there then?
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{\an8}- Where?
- To New York.
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{\an8}No. Just stay where you are.
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{\an8}Has it hit you yet,
what you've really done?
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Okay. I love you though.
I always will love you.
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I love you too. Love you.
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Okay. Bye.
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The problem was not,
"Did we have the right man?"
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{\an8}We did have the killer.
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{\an8}We were very positive about that,
but we just wanted to close
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{\an8}every possibility
that he had no help or anything.
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I wanted to get all
the possible witnesses and anybody
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that saw anything together
before they disappeared.
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Taxi driver Richard Peterson
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steps forward as a crucial witness.
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{\an8}When I got to the police station,
it was a madhouse.
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{\an8}A madhouse.
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{\an8}The press had begun to assemble.
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It was a big deal.
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They questioned me,
and I told them exactly what I saw.
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But they made me
repeat it a thousand times
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because it's the weirdest thing.
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After he shot him,
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Chapman was still
standing there with the gun.
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And he dropped the gun,
took off his overcoat,
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and pulled out that book and held it up.
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Catcher on the Rye.
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This bizarre behavior is corroborated
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by one of the first police officers
at the scene.
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{\an8}One of the unusual things was
when Chapman was apprehended,
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{\an8}he was not trying to flee,
but he was reading a book.
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I go back to, you know,
the maybe minute or two
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that he had to run
into the park and disappear,
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get on a plane and go back to Hawaii.
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And who would know?
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After questioning,
the police charge Chapman with murder.
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When they took him out
of the station house,
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{\an8}down to court, it was decided that if--
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{\an8}Somebody may want
to take a shot at this guy.
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{\an8}So, let's do a decoy.
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Now we had to get a volunteer
who was gonna be the decoy.
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Some guy who didn't care
about life too much.
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I don't know who it was.
And that's what happened.
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The picture you see of Steve
taking him out is not him.
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He went out another door
and then in a patrol wagon down to court.
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While he is taken to court to be charged,
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journalists from around the world begin
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the process of finding out
who Mark Chapman is.
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As Beatles fans
held their own private vigils,
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the same question was on everyone's lips:
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Why would anyone want to kill John Lennon?
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The suspect is identified
as Mark David Chapman, 25 years old.
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Mark David Chapman, an
unemployed security guard from Honolulu.
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Mark David Chapman,
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identified as a freelance photographer
from Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Well, we know Chapman
worked as a housekeeper
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and printer
at the Castle Memorial Hospital...
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...picture.
Every time a new fact comes into view,
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the picture of Mark David Chapman changes.
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You see, the whole world knows
who John Lennon was,
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and now we're trying to get our grips--
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We're trying to get a picture
of his alleged killer,
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perhaps to make some sense of it, if any.
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Police discover,
the night before the murder,
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Chapman stayed at the Sheraton Hotel.
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They ask a judge
for a warrant to search his hotel room.
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And detectives arrive at the scene.
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After arresting the subject,
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we went to the hotel room
and got permission to enter.
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We found, on the dresser,
pictures and certain--
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and personal possessions of Chapman.
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Obviously, for us to find.
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"The defendant had laid
the following items on the table:
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his passport, an 8-track tape
of the music of Todd Rundgren,
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a Bible open to the gospel
according to John.
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At the center of the arrangement
of personal effects,
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he had placed
a small Wizard of Oz poster."
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"A letter from a former YMC supervisor
at Fort Chaffee,
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where he had worked
with Vietnamese refugees."
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He was-- Always seemed
to be working with children,
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or people that needed help.
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For some, the items left by Chapman
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prove the murder was premeditated.
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Not only had he planned the killing,
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but he'd also anticipated
the police investigation.
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For Chapman's defense team, however,
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the display is clear evidence
of his insanity.
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Another part of the picture
comes from Mark Chapman's lawyer,
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Herbert Adlerberg, who convinced the court
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to put Chapman
under psychiatric observation.
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{\an8}He seems confused.
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{\an8}He seems, at least in my opinion,
unable to fully cooperate
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with his attorney at this point. And--
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In what way?
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Well, his answers are not responsive
to the questions that I pose to him,
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specifically the questions dealing
with the incident itself.
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And I thought that it would be advisable
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to have him examined psychiatrically
before any further proceedings occurred.
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{\an8}Chapman is taken
to Bellevue Hospital
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{\an8}prison ward for evaluation.
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Assistant Commissioner Ed Hershey
awaits his arrival.
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I was at Bellevue when he was brought in.
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And I actually went up
in the elevator to the floor
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that our jail complex was
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{\an8}with him and the officer
who was escorting him.
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And we were inches apart.
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I said to him, "You okay?" And he nodded.
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I remember thinking
how ordinary he looked.
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There was nothing particularly
distinguishable about him.
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And I was trying to think of stuff
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because I had to go tell
the reporters what I'd seen.
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He almost looked at peace.
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Boy, he did not betray any emotion at all.
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This is the prison unit
of Bellevue Hospital where Mark Chapman,
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the alleged killer of former Beatle,
John Lennon,
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is being held on a second-floor cell
amidst extraordinary security precautions
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by the Department of Corrections.
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Chapman is now
in the hands of psychiatric professionals,
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and Dr. Naomi Goldstein assesses
his sanity and ability to stand trial.
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She's never spoken publicly
about her findings before.
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{\an8}They send him in, and he walks in.
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{\an8}And I say, "Hi, I'm Dr. Goldstein.
Would you have a seat here?"
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I wanted to know what happened
and how he got there.
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And we talked for quite a while,
if I recall.
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He showed so many different facades.
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He could be nasty. He could be sweet.
He was difficult.
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He was trying
to avoid giving straight answers,
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so it was a puzzle.
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"Speech coherent, relevant and logical.
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Very anxious,
hyperventilating and exhausted,
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but cooperative,
appropriate and in good contact."
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Meaning he's talking to me.
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When I was
in the old bedroom with Yoko,
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we heard John's songs being sung
by thousands of people.
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{\an8}Ringo was the first to call
and to physically show up.
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{\an8}John loved Ringo.
Spoke about him all the time, glowingly.
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I went into the Dakota.
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I said to Yoko, "I know how you feel."
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And the woman, straight as a die,
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she said, "No, you don't."
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Because no matter how close I was to him,
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I was not half as close as she was to him.
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And there were people,
while we were there, shouting up,
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you know, to Yoko,
"Come to the window." Or Sean.
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Where-- I mean,
in fact, it would have been better
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if they'd all left her alone
because they're not gonna bring him back.
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And they didn't help her
by having this whole crowd outside
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playing his music.
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And then when we came out,
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I didn't need to hear people telling me
how much they loved the Beatles
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or any of that when we'd just lost John.
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'Cause I wasn't there to see a Beatle.
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I was there to see my friend
not relating to this band.
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This is what Yoko wrote
on December 9, 1980.
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"There is no funeral for John.
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Later in the week, we will set a time
for a silent vigil to pray for his soul."
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With John, he was to be cremated
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and his remains, to this day,
remains in an undisclosed place.
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Lennon's sudden murder
without any apparent motive
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leaves those closest to him
desperate for answers.
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I've never expressed this before.
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One of the things that Yoko asked me
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was to look into the various theories,
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the conspiracy theories
after John's murder.
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Some believed hidden forces
might be behind Lennon's murder.
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In the 1970s, he was an outspoken figure
in American political life,
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mobilizing his huge following
against President Nixon
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and the war in Vietnam.
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We're here to bring the boys home,
but let's not forget the machines.
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Bring the machines home,
and then we'll really get somewhere.
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The two of them were convinced
that the Dakota building,
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their apartment area, was being bugged.
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There is no question
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that the intelligence agencies
of this country,
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be it CIA, FBI, National Security,
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a variety of others, were doing that.
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I know the difference
between the phone being normal
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when I pick it up
and when every time I pick it up,
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there's a lot of noises, you know.
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And I'd open the door and there'd be guys
standing on the other side of the street.
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I'd get in the car,
and they'd be following me.
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Suddenly I realized
this was serious, you know.
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They were coming
for me one way or the other.
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John and Yoko's paranoia was well-founded.
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These FBI files, 26 pounds of them,
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obtained by author Jon Wiener
clearly reveal Lennon
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was considered a political threat
by the Nixon administration.
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There are hundreds and hundreds of pages
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written to the director
of the FBI from Richard Nixon,
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where it was determined that John and Yoko
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were to be followed, monitored,
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and steps were taken
on the highest level of government...
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to do something about the Lennon problem.
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Nobody's ever
given peace a complete chance.
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Gandhi tried it and Martin Luther King
tried it, but they were shot.
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If a third party
was behind Lennon's death,
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how might Mark Chapman have been involved?
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MKUltra is the code word
for a secret CIA project
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in which unsuspecting people
were used in mind control experiments.
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Dr. Milton Kline,
a world expert in hypnosis,
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was a significant part
of the CIA's MKUltra program.
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Most government agencies concerned
with intelligence operations
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have been looking to hypnosis as a tool
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to execute certain
intelligence operations.
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Dr. Kline will later
visit Chapman during his incarceration
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and become part of his defense team.
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Documents clearly show
that the CIA was attempting
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to develop agents over whom they had
as much control as possible.
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It is the closest experimentation
to brainwashing yet disclosed.
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The CIA was fascinated
by the idea of mind control,
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and some believed it had a role
to play in Robert Kennedy's assassination.
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Sirhan says he remembers
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being at the hotel the night
of the killing.
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He remembers pouring coffee
for a pretty girl,
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and then he goes blank.
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Sirhan remembered then walking
through an alcove filled with mirrors,
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and he was dazed by the mirrors.
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The defense believes they put him
into a form of hypnotic trance.
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Sirhan remembered his first reaction
was to shake hands with Kennedy,
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but then as the crowd rushed at him,
he pulled the gun.
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Chapman's unusual behavior
immediately after shooting Lennon
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is a key concern
for lead detective Ron Hoffman.
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Was he alone?
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Was somebody working
behind the lines with him?
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Was it a conspiracy?
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All these questions started running
through my mind and everybody else's mind.
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We sent the team to Hawaii
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to interview his current friends
and relatives.
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We spoke to his family.
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We spoke to everybody
that we could find that knew him.
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He was very quiet most of the time,
and he was a very good worker.
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Soft-spoken, quiet, intelligent young man.
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He-- Very intellectual. Very level-headed
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In many ways,
Chapman's life remains a jumbled mosaic.
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His friends are still trying
to put together the pieces,
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are still wondering,
339
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"Could the Mark Chapman they
have known here these last several years
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really be the same man who now
stands accused of John Lennon's murder?"
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Chapman remains a puzzle,
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and the world's media are as eager
as the police to understand him.
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They soon track down one of those closest
to him in the hope of revealing more.
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A guard was posted this afternoon
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at the Chapmans' 21st-floor apartment.
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Chapman's wife, the former Gloria Abe,
347
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is reported to be inside
with a woman friend,
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declining to speak with reporters.
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We approached the door
at about 7:00 this morning
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before the guard was posted,
and heard crying.
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She was so overwhelmed by the media.
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She needed legal help, and she called me.
353
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{\an8}So, I thought the most effective way was
to get all the press together in one room,
354
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{\an8}let them ask as many questions
as they wanted to and be done with it.
355
00:23:06,596 --> 00:23:08,265
Being a Beatles fan,
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I mourn the death of John Lennon
and feel great sadness for his wife,
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Yoko, and his son, Sean.
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I just want to say that I'm just very,
very sorry that this had to happen to
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Yoko Ono and her family,
and that her husband had to die.
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When I heard her saying, you know,
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"It's a great shame that he had to die,"
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I wasn't sure whether
that was Gloria's poor choice of words.
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Because he didn't have to die
if Chapman didn't go and kill him.
364
00:23:45,051 --> 00:23:48,013
I don't think it bespoke
of any foreknowledge
365
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that he was going to die.
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I don't think she had accepted,
at that point,
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the reality that her husband killed him.
368
00:23:59,399 --> 00:24:04,654
Gloria did not do anything
or participate in any way
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in this trip in a way
in which she did consciously
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lend any support to Mark's actions.
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She didn't waiver much
from that straightforward,
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matter-of-fact presentation.
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I would've expected more emotion.
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I think that's just the way she is.
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I'm a Christian, and I believe that
forgiveness is one of the greatest things.
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I've always felt
that I'm a very forgiving person.
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00:24:38,772 --> 00:24:41,441
Gloria answers questions from the press,
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00:24:41,441 --> 00:24:46,279
but there are aspects of her relationship
with Chapman that are not disclosed.
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She told me
that after they married, Chapman
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took to drinking
and even hit her several times.
381
00:24:56,206 --> 00:25:00,544
And then, you know,
he would be unkempt and kind of out of it.
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And this caused her to have some
great doubt about his mental health.
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00:25:13,014 --> 00:25:17,102
Back in New York,
psychiatrist Dr. Naomi Goldstein
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has reached a conclusion regarding
Chapman's ability to stand trial.
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00:25:22,399 --> 00:25:27,362
Competency to stand trial
is defined as the ability
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to understand the charges against him
and to cooperate in his own defense.
387
00:25:33,326 --> 00:25:35,787
Nothing remotely psychotic
came out of him.
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No evidence of hallucinations
or delusions.
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00:25:42,502 --> 00:25:45,630
Final assessment: Fit to stand trial.
390
00:25:47,841 --> 00:25:51,469
Step to the side, folks.
Come on, folks. Step to the side. Come on.
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00:25:51,469 --> 00:25:54,306
With the trial imminent,
anti-Chapman sentiment
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shifts the public mood
from grief to anger.
393
00:25:58,643 --> 00:26:01,479
Mr. Adlerberg, can you
tell us why you've resigned?
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00:26:02,063 --> 00:26:04,774
It proves too much
for even his own lawyer.
395
00:26:05,483 --> 00:26:07,485
Crackpot calls, curiosity seekers.
396
00:26:07,485 --> 00:26:10,238
My phones were tied up constantly
throughout the day.
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I felt I couldn't really
represent this fellow
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to the best of my ability
under those circumstances.
399
00:26:15,118 --> 00:26:16,828
Walk back.
400
00:26:19,497 --> 00:26:22,834
We had to make the assumption
that any number
401
00:26:22,834 --> 00:26:25,295
of people would have loved to get at him
402
00:26:26,463 --> 00:26:30,342
because we had an individual
who had just shot a Beatle.
403
00:26:30,342 --> 00:26:34,679
So we needed to find
the most secure place in our system,
404
00:26:34,679 --> 00:26:38,141
and overnight it was determined
that that was
405
00:26:38,141 --> 00:26:40,936
in an infirmary on Rikers Island.
406
00:26:40,936 --> 00:26:43,104
Mark David Chapman
was moved from Bellevue Hospital
407
00:26:43,104 --> 00:26:46,066
yesterday following
an avalanche of death threats.
408
00:26:48,818 --> 00:26:51,696
Rikers Island Prison is in the East River,
409
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,241
reachable only by bridge,
410
00:26:54,741 --> 00:26:58,245
and it is fairly remote considering it's
in the city of New York.
411
00:26:58,245 --> 00:27:02,415
That isolation made it ideal
for somebody like Chapman.
412
00:27:08,338 --> 00:27:10,423
Amid the growing hostility,
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00:27:10,423 --> 00:27:14,844
a young and relatively inexperienced
defense lawyer steps into the limelight.
414
00:27:16,304 --> 00:27:18,598
Thirty-seven-year-old
Jonathan Marks said he was
415
00:27:18,598 --> 00:27:21,309
called this morning
and asked if he would take the case.
416
00:27:21,309 --> 00:27:24,271
He told reporters he couldn't think
of a reason why not.
417
00:27:25,230 --> 00:27:27,649
The fact that a lot of people
are angry with Mr. Chapman--
418
00:27:27,649 --> 00:27:29,734
the fact that you're going
to represent him--
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00:27:29,734 --> 00:27:31,236
how do you feel about that?
420
00:27:31,236 --> 00:27:35,865
Well, I can't imagine that anybody
who feels anger for Mr. Chapman
421
00:27:36,491 --> 00:27:38,243
would take that out on me.
422
00:27:38,243 --> 00:27:40,954
I am simply a lawyer
representing a client.
423
00:27:42,497 --> 00:27:44,583
To assist
with the growing scale of the case,
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00:27:45,292 --> 00:27:49,045
Marks recruits a junior lawyer,
David Suggs.
425
00:27:51,214 --> 00:27:53,383
In my view then and now,
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00:27:53,967 --> 00:27:56,428
{\an8}there's really no higher calling
for a lawyer
427
00:27:56,428 --> 00:28:00,974
{\an8}than to defend
an unpopular criminal defendant.
428
00:28:00,974 --> 00:28:05,020
But there was no question that,
you know, you were feeling the pressure.
429
00:28:06,271 --> 00:28:10,108
I'd been on a number
of high-profile cases before.
430
00:28:10,108 --> 00:28:13,653
But as it turned out,
this was like a quantum leap
431
00:28:14,404 --> 00:28:16,489
beyond anything else I had ever worked on.
432
00:28:20,577 --> 00:28:22,370
In preparation for trial,
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00:28:22,370 --> 00:28:25,916
Chapman's defense team
start visiting him in prison.
434
00:28:28,543 --> 00:28:30,086
It is Sunday
435
00:28:30,086 --> 00:28:32,172
and I'm at Rikers Island
436
00:28:32,172 --> 00:28:33,340
to see Mark Chapman.
437
00:28:35,467 --> 00:28:39,137
They now record every
conversation they have with him.
438
00:28:39,137 --> 00:28:41,389
I'm truly happy
439
00:28:41,389 --> 00:28:42,849
to be representing you.
440
00:28:43,725 --> 00:28:48,104
These conversations
have never been heard publicly before.
441
00:28:48,772 --> 00:28:50,398
Do you promise that--
442
00:28:50,398 --> 00:28:52,609
I'll just ask this once
and I won't ask it again.
443
00:28:53,735 --> 00:28:55,278
You'll stick this out with me?
444
00:28:55,779 --> 00:28:56,947
I promise.
445
00:28:56,947 --> 00:28:59,491
And you can ask
that as many times as you like.
446
00:29:00,992 --> 00:29:04,037
It was weird because you could talk
to him at times
447
00:29:04,037 --> 00:29:07,249
and he would seem pretty normal.
448
00:29:07,249 --> 00:29:09,376
And then wham!
449
00:29:09,376 --> 00:29:12,045
Out of his mouth in the next instant
would come something
450
00:29:12,045 --> 00:29:13,922
that was just so out of left field,
451
00:29:15,090 --> 00:29:17,467
you know, you realize,
"Oh, yeah, he's crazy."
452
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,387
So, tell me what happened.
453
00:29:21,471 --> 00:29:23,557
Well, this is kind of a crazy thought.
454
00:29:23,557 --> 00:29:26,851
I thought I would turn into somebody
if I killed somebody.
455
00:29:27,519 --> 00:29:29,020
What did you think you'd turn into?
456
00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:30,772
You know the book The Catcher in the Rye?
457
00:29:30,772 --> 00:29:34,401
- Yeah. Yes.
- I had that book on me, you know?
458
00:29:34,401 --> 00:29:38,196
I thought that I would turn
into the character of the book.
459
00:29:38,196 --> 00:29:39,573
Now, I realize that--
460
00:29:40,699 --> 00:29:42,701
What'd you think you'd turn into?
461
00:29:42,701 --> 00:29:43,994
Holden Caulfield.
462
00:29:47,163 --> 00:29:51,126
He thought he was going
to turn literally into Holden Caulfield,
463
00:29:51,126 --> 00:29:53,545
the character in the book
The Catcher in the Rye.
464
00:29:53,545 --> 00:29:57,507
He was gonna change from,
you know, a pretty stout
465
00:29:58,466 --> 00:30:03,763
young man into a tall, slender teenager.
466
00:30:03,763 --> 00:30:05,473
He was not rational.
467
00:30:05,473 --> 00:30:08,476
This was not a whodunit.
Clearly, he shot Lennon.
468
00:30:08,476 --> 00:30:10,145
He made no attempt to escape.
469
00:30:10,145 --> 00:30:11,980
The question was going to be,
470
00:30:11,980 --> 00:30:16,067
"What was his mental state
at the time he committed the act?"
471
00:30:16,067 --> 00:30:20,322
You know, our intent was to prove
to the jury that this man was, in fact,
472
00:30:20,322 --> 00:30:25,452
insane, and warranted,
as a result of that--
473
00:30:25,452 --> 00:30:29,789
psychiatric care, as opposed to, you know,
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00:30:29,789 --> 00:30:32,542
punishment in a prison.
475
00:30:34,211 --> 00:30:39,007
The prosecution, however,
don't accept Chapman's insanity defense.
476
00:30:39,883 --> 00:30:44,721
{\an8}Now, if someone were suffering
from a mental disease so severe
477
00:30:44,721 --> 00:30:47,641
that they picked up a gun
and thought that it was a banana,
478
00:30:48,516 --> 00:30:52,604
that would be one pathway
to establish an insanity defense.
479
00:30:54,564 --> 00:30:58,401
But in our view,
he didn't have a mental disease.
480
00:30:59,194 --> 00:31:03,531
He knew what he was doing, he had a gun,
he used it for its intended purpose.
481
00:31:04,241 --> 00:31:06,326
And he knew what he was doing was wrong
482
00:31:06,326 --> 00:31:09,663
because after the murder,
he waited for the police to arrive.
483
00:31:15,293 --> 00:31:17,212
And what will your psychiatrist examine?
484
00:31:17,212 --> 00:31:18,838
- When will they be examining him?
- What and why.
485
00:31:18,838 --> 00:31:19,965
And what for?
486
00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:23,134
They're going to be looking into his state
of mind at the time of the act.
487
00:31:25,136 --> 00:31:27,556
Chapman's lead lawyer, Jonathan Marks,
488
00:31:27,556 --> 00:31:30,600
now reveals a controversial appointment
to his team.
489
00:31:31,643 --> 00:31:33,478
I've chosen the best I could find.
490
00:31:33,478 --> 00:31:35,063
Can you tell us who they are?
491
00:31:35,063 --> 00:31:37,941
Isn't Milton Kline a hypnotist?
492
00:31:38,650 --> 00:31:40,485
Milton Kline is a clinical psychologist
493
00:31:40,944 --> 00:31:43,655
and he does use hypnosis
as a diagnostic tool.
494
00:31:46,241 --> 00:31:48,201
He's hired the former consultant
495
00:31:48,201 --> 00:31:52,330
to the CIA's mind control program,
Dr. Milton Kline.
496
00:31:53,456 --> 00:31:56,251
{\an8}You could train them
to use firearms indiscriminately.
497
00:31:56,251 --> 00:31:59,963
{\an8}You could train them to shoot people
with very little feeling or thought,
498
00:32:00,630 --> 00:32:03,383
with no hesitancy, with no concern.
499
00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:06,970
Mark, this is Dr. Milton Kline.
500
00:32:06,970 --> 00:32:09,556
How are you, Mark? Good to meet you.
501
00:32:09,556 --> 00:32:12,225
If there are any
hidden aspects to the murder,
502
00:32:12,726 --> 00:32:16,438
Dr. Kline hopes
to reveal them via hypnosis.
503
00:32:16,438 --> 00:32:18,189
What I'd like you to do, Mark,
504
00:32:18,189 --> 00:32:20,317
is just focus your eyes up on the ceiling.
505
00:32:21,234 --> 00:32:24,237
Just begin to close
the eyelids down gently.
506
00:32:24,237 --> 00:32:26,740
Let the whole body begin to relax now,
507
00:32:27,449 --> 00:32:31,328
from the top of the head all the way
back to the tips of the toes.
508
00:32:32,412 --> 00:32:36,541
And feel yourself growing deeper
and deeper relaxed now.
509
00:32:36,541 --> 00:32:41,171
Deeper and deeper and deeper.
510
00:32:43,715 --> 00:32:45,258
I'm in a very weird state right now.
511
00:32:45,258 --> 00:32:46,676
I feel very relaxed.
512
00:32:46,676 --> 00:32:48,303
It has that effect, doesn't it?
513
00:32:49,804 --> 00:32:52,349
Try to visualize that scene
for me if you would.
514
00:32:52,349 --> 00:32:54,184
- The death scene?
- Yeah.
515
00:32:54,684 --> 00:32:58,063
Okay.
I was sitting down and a car pulled up.
516
00:32:58,605 --> 00:33:02,359
And I knew it was his, so I said,
"This is it."
517
00:33:02,359 --> 00:33:07,739
The door opened up.
Yoko got out, and I nodded to her.
518
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,741
And then he came out.
519
00:33:10,617 --> 00:33:12,285
I looked at John when he went by.
520
00:33:12,285 --> 00:33:17,290
And then I stepped out
off that little curb area,
521
00:33:18,124 --> 00:33:21,711
walked about six feet,
turned and faced him,
522
00:33:22,546 --> 00:33:24,172
took the gun out of my pocket
523
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,260
and aimed it at him,
524
00:33:28,260 --> 00:33:30,637
and then just fired away.
525
00:33:30,637 --> 00:33:32,639
All five shots.
526
00:33:33,139 --> 00:33:34,891
And then they took me away,
and that's when I said,
527
00:33:34,891 --> 00:33:37,060
"I'm the Catcher in the Rye."
528
00:33:37,602 --> 00:33:41,898
Do you remember
how you were feeling? Just the feeling.
529
00:33:42,941 --> 00:33:46,111
It just felt like it wasn't me,
but it was me.
530
00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:48,113
I did it, and I remember doing it.
531
00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:52,409
And what part
of your mind made the decision?
532
00:33:53,785 --> 00:33:55,161
I see a struggle.
533
00:33:55,161 --> 00:33:57,372
Part of me didn't want to, part of me did.
534
00:33:58,540 --> 00:34:02,419
All I remember is I had a voice in my head
535
00:34:02,419 --> 00:34:06,298
that said, "Do it, do it, do it, do it,"
right when he was going past me.
536
00:34:06,298 --> 00:34:08,133
And I did it.
537
00:34:15,807 --> 00:34:20,061
And now we will have
ten minutes of silent prayer to pray,
538
00:34:20,061 --> 00:34:21,229
as Yoko Ono has asked,
539
00:34:21,229 --> 00:34:23,315
- for John Lennon's soul.
- Ladies and gentlemen...
540
00:34:23,315 --> 00:34:26,651
Please turn off all radios.
541
00:34:27,736 --> 00:34:32,324
Please stop any sale
or vending of any merchandise.
542
00:34:33,115 --> 00:34:36,827
Meditate in your quiet way. We start now.
543
00:34:38,121 --> 00:34:39,831
May we all pray. Thank you.
544
00:34:40,874 --> 00:34:42,959
As Chapman prepares for trial,
545
00:34:42,959 --> 00:34:46,922
thousands gather
for Lennon's vigil in Central Park.
546
00:34:47,881 --> 00:34:52,719
One attendee has followed
recent events especially closely.
547
00:34:55,387 --> 00:34:57,474
His name is John Hinckley Jr.
548
00:34:57,974 --> 00:35:01,061
He also has a copy of
The Catcher in the Rye.
549
00:35:03,063 --> 00:35:07,150
And he's about to shoot the president
of the United States.
550
00:35:18,536 --> 00:35:20,997
{\an8}Mark Chapman
has pleaded innocent to the shooting
551
00:35:20,997 --> 00:35:22,624
{\an8}by reason of insanity.
552
00:35:22,624 --> 00:35:24,501
{\an8}God told him to do it.
553
00:35:24,501 --> 00:35:28,713
{\an8}He's guilty 'cause I don't believe
in the insanity clause or whatever.
554
00:35:28,713 --> 00:35:30,006
{\an8}He wasn't mentally ill.
555
00:35:30,006 --> 00:35:33,760
{\an8}His intention was
to bring fame to himself.
556
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,887
{\an8}Under any other circumstance,
557
00:35:35,887 --> 00:35:38,014
{\an8}he would have been tried
as an insane person.
558
00:35:38,014 --> 00:35:39,307
{\an8}He shot the wrong man.