Murder Med For Depression 15/12/1999 Ohio Man Slays Businessman
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>Paragraph 4 reads:&nbsp; &quot;Police knew Mr. Love had been diagnosed with <strong>depression</strong> and wasn&#39;t good about taking his <strong>medications</strong>, defense attorneys said.&quot;<br />______________________________________________________________________<br /><br />Toss evidence, lawyers say<br />Cincinnati Enquirer, The (OH)<br />December 15, 1999<br />Author: TANYA ALBERT; The Cincinnati Enquirer <br />Estimated printed pages: 2 <br /><img src="../localhost/C_/Program%20Files/Eudora%20Pro/Embedded/122874a1.jpg" alt="[]" width="1" height="1" /> <br /><br />Defendant&#39;s mental state questioned<br />By TANYA ALBERT<br /><br />The Cincinnati Enquirer<br /><br />In June, Lance Love led police to cemeteries, a park and some pawnshops where they found items that belonged to slain businessman James Osterbrock of Liberty Hill.<br /><br />Mr. Love told police he camped out after Mr. Osterbrock&#39;s death, officers testified Tuesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. He directed them to the Vine Street Hill Cemetery in Clifton. Just off the cemetery property, in woods between the graveyard and a freeway, police found a campsite, one of Mr. Osterbrock&#39;s credit cards and a gun box.<br /><br />But Mr. Love&#39;s attorneys argued Tuesday that the evidence shouldn&#39;t be used against Mr. Love because he didn&#39;t understand his rights when he talked to police. Mr. Love is charged with aggravated <strong>murder</strong>.<br /><br />Police knew Mr. Love had been diagnosed with <strong>depression</strong> and wasn&#39;t good about taking his <strong>medications</strong>, defense attorneys said.<br /><br />Also, they said, Mr. Love refered to multiple personalities during police interviews, talking about &quot;Sequoia&quot; taking over when he&#39;s in trouble and &quot;Jason&quot; assisting him.<br /><br />&quot;Here we have a person who has been out for about a month living in the wilderness. Presumably he hasn&#39;t had the best nutrition (or) <strong>medication</strong>,&quot; said defense attorney Stephen Wenke. &quot;He comes in from that situation, and he&#39;s put in an interview room. . . . His mental state is a real question at this time.&quot;<br /><br />Prosecutors said that was absurd.<br /><br />Mr. Love initiated conversations with police several times and was read his rights against self-incrimination and asked whether he understood them, police testified.<br /><br />Common Pleas Judge Melba Marsh is expected to decide Dec. 23 whether certain evidence can be used against Mr. Love.<br /><br />Lance Love, left, talks with a lawyer during Tuesday&#39;s proceedings in Common Pleas court. <br />Edition:&nbsp; EAST<br />Section:&nbsp; MET<br />Page:&nbsp; 02B<br />Copyright (c) The Cincinnati Enquirer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Co., Inc. by NewsBank, inc. <br />Record Number:&nbsp; cin2002090807502239 <br /><br />OpenURL Article Bookmark (right click, and copy the link location):<br /><a href="http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=0FC70983EE806B4C&amp;svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&amp;req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0">Toss evidence, lawyers say</a><br /></div> 
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