Anngelle Wood

Jan 6, 2021

Episode Eight | Michael McDermott: The Malingerer, Wakefield, Mass (part two)

Updated: Jun 5, 2023

On 12/26/2000, Michael McDermott exacted his revenge on seven of his co-workers at Edgewater Technology. Perceived and twisted revenge. Equipped with a shotgun, a semi-automatic assault rifle, a semi-automatic pistol, and a bag full of ammunition, he had chatted with his workmates then unceremoniously opened fire. The attack that left all seven people dead lasted less than 10 minutes.

In part two, we learn how he plotted and planned for months, how he took advantage of the mental health system, and how he faked mental illness.

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Sources

Wakefield EMT dead
 Boston Herald, Nov 20, 2013

https://www.bostonherald.com/2013/11/20/scott-jones-lauded-as-paramedic-during-2000-office-shooting

News bank

PSYCHIATRISTS SAY MCDERMOTT'S FAKING DEFENSE: MATERIAL NOT CONSIDERED,
 Boston Globe archive, Michele Kurtz, April 20, 2002

https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.bpl.org/bostonglobe/docview/405450210/5D2179E3884640C9PQ/4?accountid=9675

JUDGE LIMITS EVIDENCE IN MCDERMOTT TRIAL
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Partial Solar Eclipse, Dec 25, 2000

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1951/SE2000Dec25P.GIF

Los Angeles Times - Shooter Kills 7 At Net Firm Outside Boston
 Dec 27, 2000
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 LA Times - A Private Man Accused of ‘Great Cruelty’
 Dec 28, 2000
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 Time - Portrait Of A Killer
 By Nadya Labi Sunday, Dec 31, 2000
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 Boston Herald - Suspect in Wakefield murders was taking drugs for depression
 Dec 29, 2000
 https://ssristories.org/suspect-in-wakefield-murders-was-taking-drugs-for-depression-boston-herald
 
 NEW YORK TIMES - 7 Die in Rampage at Company; Co-Worker of Victims Arrested
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 SF Gate - Not-Guilty Plea in Office Slayings / Lawyer says suspect had been getting psychiatric care, medication - New York Times, Dec 28, 2000 | Updated: July 9, 2018
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https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ma-supreme-judicial-court/1448833.html

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 March 21, 2014
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CNN - Lawyer: Deluded killer thought victims were Nazis
 April 10, 2002
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 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION RE: PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (DOCKET ENTRY # 1) October 25, 2011
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 MCDERMOTT ARRAIGNED IN WAKEFIELD KILLINGS PAPERS RELEASED DETAILING HOME, OFFICE SEARCHES
 Boston Globe news bank, 23 Feb 2001
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MCDERMOTT CONVICTED, GETS 7 LIFE TERMS
 Boston Globe news bank
 Michele Kurtz, April 25, 2002
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 PROSECUTION WITNESSES DETAIL MCDERMOTT'S PATH
 Boston Globe newsbank
 April 9, 2002 by Michele Kurtz
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 Testimony about shooting, Linda Tessier
 Boston Globe news bank
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 Witness Saw McDermott Practicing Shooting Before Murders
 Boston Globe news bank
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 January 7, 2006
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 Jan 1, 2001
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Most mass shootings

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-us-states-with-most-mass-shootings.html

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George Costanza, TBone https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=george+costanza%27s+nickname#id=1&vid=083050b7b21efdbc179c722b90e275c3&action=click