Allaway Was Agitated by Movie, Nurse Testifies
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From Times Staff Reports
As the prosecution began presenting its case Monday in the hearing of Edward Charles Allaway, a nurse testified that she saw the mass killer become highly agitated while he watched a horror movie at a state mental hospital.
Allaway, who killed seven people at Cal State Fullerton in 1976, is seeking release, saying his mental illness is in remission.
But nurse Marilyn Luther testified that Allaway became angry and unglued while watching “Night of the Living Dead” in 1999.
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