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Casey Anthony (Florida State Attorney's Office)
A prominent psychiatrist says a Florida mother accused of murdering her own child confessed to the dastardly deed through the lyrics of her favorite song.
Dr. Andrew Hodges, a Birmingham, Ala. psychiatrist, told the National Enquirer that the lyrics to Casey Anthony’s favorite song “The Past” by the group Sevendust contain her confession to murder.
According to the Enquirer, Dr. Hodges is an “expert at interpreting how criminals reveal themselves subconsciously through what they say and write.”
The report alleges that when Casey was released from jail last summer she made a friend listen to the song 13 times in a row. She allegedly told the friend, “This song was in my head the whole time I was in jail… It reminds me of everything that’s going on in my life.”
The lyrics begin by saying “Beneath the water that’s falling from my eyes lays a soul I’ve left behind…” Dr. Hodges says “For Casey, the lyrics refer to Caylee Anthony’s murder.”
Casey is charged with the first degree murder of her daughter, Caylee, 2. Her murder trial is scheduled to begin in June 2010.
“Casey is grieving for a soul she left behind, confessing responsibility for the death,” said Dr. Hodges. “Casey has some emotional wound—a hole inside—that caused her to act out her aggression on her daughter. She is sorrowful but able to live in denial.”
Although Dr. Hodges has not personally treated the mother accused of murder, he claims some of the lyrics in the song reveal that Casey is frightened she’ll be found guilty of killing Caylee. Specifically, the lyric “I’ll pray (the past) doesn’t scream my name so I light a flame and let it breathe the air that kills the shame.” He also says the chorus, which is “I’m up, I’m down, like a roller-coaster racing through my life. I’ve erased the past again,” underscores “frightening mood swings.”
According to the Enquirer, Dr. Hodges concludes that “Casey is revealing that hate is the last thing she felt for her daughter.”
Hear the song “The Past” by Sevendust, below:
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Comments
This guy is a quack. No reputable psychiatrist would ever make such a statement when he has never treated, or even met, the person in question. Casey may well have murdered her daughter, but this guy is way out of line.
I agree with the previous poster. Does this mean that the members of Sevendust were confessing to murder when they wrote and recorded this song? The lyrics can be interpreted so many ways. In the line that says "The soul I've left behind" Casey could just as easily be thinking of her own soul. I also agree that she may very well have murdered her daughter, but anyone who claims they know she did it because she feels that this song explains everything that's going on in her life is an idiot. I wouldn't let him treat me or anyone in my family. Who knows what he might accuse me of based on something so flimsy?
Quack, quack here, quack, quack there, quack, quack everywhere, and apparentely, so is this quack psychiatrist!
Seems like a bunch of B.S. to me and doesn't prove S*** I like this song too so does that mean I've done something really bad? NO And remember boys and girls the National Enquirer is always right!
I pretty much agree with everyone on here ... The psychiatrist is reaching out to Mars with this suggestion. Besides, this sounds a little bit like "blaming" the art for people's stupidity and criminality. Never bring music into the picture...
This psychiatrist sounds like an insightful fellow, to me.
I like the probabilities of his theroy. My guess is
some type of incest or abuse AND a narcissistic personality
of the mother (Casey) was involved.
I believe that this DR is making a very good evaluation! It is a psychologist stand point and is used in many psychology studies today! I personally know several people who confess things through the what they listen to, bc them their selves relate to the song so much and they have a deep connection to the song. I can remember when I would get depressed and thought about suicide their use to be Match Box 20 song I listed to all the time! People say things all the time without saying it out load if you listen!
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