Murder Prozac 04/10/2000 Alabama 18 Year Old Kills Parents: Injures 3 Siblings
 
 Summary:<br><br>The latter part of this article reads: &quot;Franklin also told investigators he had been<br />taking the prescription <strong>drugs Ritalin, Prozac </strong>and Klonopin and <strong>had not slept for<br />two days before the attack. </strong>The estate of Franklin&#39;s parents - Gerald and Cynthia<br />Franklin - and guardians for his brothers and sisters filed lawsuits against Franklin,<br />his <strong>psychiatrists and the drug manufacturers.&quot;<br /><br /></strong><font face="times" color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/Oct2000/3-e423902b.html">http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/Oct2000/3-e423902b.html</a><br /><br /></font><font face="times">Jury selection continues in <strong>hatchet</strong> murder trial 10/03/00<br />KENT FAULK<br />News staff writer &lt;FILENAME=E423902B HUNTSVILLE - Jury selection is to<br />continue today in the capital murder trial of a Huntsville man charged in the<br /><strong>hatchet</strong> slayings of his parents. Jeffrey Franklin, 20, also is charged with three<br />counts of attempted murder in <strong>hatchet</strong> attacks on two younger brothers and a<br />younger sister on March 10, 1998. Another younger sister was not at home at the<br />time. Jury selection began Monday afternoon before Madison County Circuit<br />Judge Loyd H. Little Jr. Crime news and statistics Franklin defense attorneys plan<br />to put on an insanity defense. A Huntsville police investigator testified in an earlier<br />hearing that Franklin said after his arrest - following a car chase through south<br />Huntsville - that it was like some &quot;evil being,&quot; with horns sticking out of his head<br />and eyes had taken over his body. Franklin, who at the time was still in high<br />school, had satanic symbols on his body when he was arrested, police have said.<br /><strong>Franklin also told investigators he had been taking the prescription drugs<br />Ritalin, Prozac and Klonopin and had not slept for two days before the attack.<br />The estate of Franklin&#39;s parents - Gerald and Cynthia Franklin - and<br />guardians for his brothers and sisters filed lawsuits against Franklin, his<br />psychiatrists and the drug manufacturers. </strong>Prosecutors and defense attorneys<br />said they couldn&#39;t comment on whether Franklin or his siblings will testify. &copy; 2000<br />The Birmingham News. Used with permission.<br /></font> 
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