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QCrimes: Joe From Southern Strokes Found Guilty Of Quadruple Murder

After being charged and pleading not guilty to quadruple homicide in Hueytown, Alabama 26-year-old Scott Lamar Abbott (aka “Joe” from Southern Strokes) has been found guilty of the stabbing murder of his ex-girlfriend and three of her housemates.

Abbott’s defense attorneys argued that he had a long history of mental illness and was suffering from a mental illness at the time of the killings and therefore was not guilty.

Mental health professionals testified that Abbott had suffered physical, sexual and emotional abuse throughout his formative years and that he had been diagnosed with depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and post traumatic stress disorder.

One psychologist testified Abbott did not know right from wrong at the time he went into “a killing rage,” but another psychologist said Abbott showed no signs of severe mental illness and could distinguish right from wrong at the time of the killings.

The jury made their decision in just over an hour and if convicted Abbott could get the death penalty or life without parole. We’ll know next Monday at 9 a.m. what will happen next.