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MARSHALL: This seems to fit the profile -- obviously, I haven ` t examined this man -- but it seems to fit the profile for something called catathymic homicide, which is when someone becomes persecuted at the idea of another person ` s very existence and they obsess on wanting that person gone.
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That ` s what catathymic homicide is like, and often there are no warning signs, but wonder, why did he feel persecuted by her?
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