A review by rachelbohlen
Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder by Mikita Brottman

1.0

Wow, I hated this. This book is the story about what happens to a murderer after he’s caught. In this case, our murderer, Brian Bechtold, killed his parents and was sent to an institution after being found not criminally responsible due to severe mental illness. Sounds interesting, right? Unfortunately, the author is so incredibly biased and naive that it destroys all redeeming value of this book. Bechtold decides after some years at this institution that he’s totally cured - despite the opinions of medical professionals - and that he shouldn’t have to take medication. The author blindly accepts Bechtold’s opinion and presents it as fact. She paints everything in the light of Bechtold’s paranoia - that everyone at the hospital is out to get him. She repeatedly insists that Bechtold is fine and is someone who won’t be violent again - ignoring the fact that he attacks people in the institution. It shocked me to learn that she is a psychoanalyst - she, of all people, should know that people suffering from paranoid schizophrenia are not reliable narrators.