The Psychology Behind Murder Suicides

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong and her producer, Julie, take a look at the ongoing investigation into the recent deadly car crash in LA that took the lives of 6 people, including that of an unborn child. While there is no conclusive evidence that it was a murder/suicide, Julie and Candice explore the factors that can lead people to commit these acts.

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0:18.0	On Thursday, August 4th, 2022, at around 140 pm, surveillance video in Los Angeles captured a Mercedes Benz coupe slamming through a red light at approximately 90 miles an hour.
0:45.0	At the wheel, was 37-year-old Nicole Linton.
0:53.0	The intersection Linton drove through was very busy, bordered by multiple lanes of traffic in all directions, stores and a gas station.
1:06.0	Preliminary reports have indicated that Linton did not break as she approached the intersection.
1:15.0	As she ran the red light, she struck two cars with such force that they split in half.
1:24.0	In one of those cars was a pregnant woman, her boyfriend and her 11-month-old son.
1:32.0	They were on their way to the doctor's office for her eight-month checkup.
1:40.0	Nicole Linton's car propelled their vehicle into yet another car. Two women were inside.
1:49.0	The impact caused both cars to burst into flames. All six people inside those two cars were killed.
2:03.0	The Mercedes also careened into an SUV carrying seven family members. Luckily, they escaped with only minor injuries.
2:15.0	Five other vehicles were caught up in the crash, including two that became engulfed in flames and another that rolled onto its roof.
2:29.0	Eight people in total were taken to the hospital. One of them was the woman who caused it all.
2:37.0	Nicole Linton, a nurse, was photographed seated upright on a curb shortly after the accident.
2:47.0	Physically, she appeared all right. It would turn out that she escaped serious injury with just a broken foot and hand.
2:58.0	Her top psychology report came back negative, so alcohol and drugs were quickly ruled out as a factor.
3:07.0	She also did not appear to have suffered an ailment that might have caused her to speed through that light.
3:14.0	And all that leads to our favorite question on killer psyche. Why? Why did this happen?
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