Patient’s bio-
At a very young age he suffered from sexual abuse from two men one that was a neighbor and the other a man that lived with his mother. He later had a very strange attitude and would act different around his mother and other people. As he started to grow up he saw the rejection from his mother that led to committing his first crime that helped him feel better about what he had been through his childhood. After this crime he began to feel that this was something that was a relief for him, and felt that by committing this and getting rid of any evidence would take part of his past away. Later
Patient’s personality-
He was anti-social and suffered from borderline personality disorder.
Patient’s mental disorders?
He was diagnosed with a personality disorder consisting of antisocial, borderline, and schizoid features, substance use disorder (severe opioid, cannabis, amphetamines, and alcohol dependence),
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Categorization-
He was said to be one of the biggest serial killers from the coasts that was even able to get away from his own crimes.
Social influence and motivations
He had more of motivations to do this and his reasons were simply and even came from his own family. His mother was the reason why he became a serial killer besides the two pedophiles that abuse him. The reasons and memories that he had gone through were more than what he needed to kill one person or as many as he could.
Resolution and verdict
On January 3, 2014, a Del Rio judge set Sells' execution date for April 3, 2014. Sells' death sentence was carried out at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville. When asked if he would like to make a final statement, Sells replied "No." As a lethal dose of pentobarbital was administered, he took a few deep breaths, closed his eyes and began to snore. Less than a minute later, he stopped moving. Thirteen minutes later, at 6:27 p.m. (CDT), he was pronounced dead (Rowe et al. 2005).
Final thoughts and