Edward Charles Allaway

As the prosecution began presenting its case Monday in the hearing of Edward Charles Allaway, a nurse testified that she saw the mass killer become highly agitated while he watched a horror movie at a state mental hospital. Allaway, who killed seven people at Cal State Fullerton in 1976, is seeking release, saying his mental illness is in remission. But nurse Marilyn Luther testified that Allaway became angry and unglued while watching "Night of the Living Dead" in 1999.

An appeal by Edward Charles Allaway to be released from a psychiatric hospital 27 years after he killed seven people at Cal State Fullerton was rejected Tuesday by the California Supreme Court. Without comment, the court refused to reverse Orange County Superior Judge Frank F. Fasel, who concluded in a 2001 hearing that Allaway, a janitor on campus at the time of his rampage, was still a danger to society and should not be released.

After prosecutors raised new allegations, a judge Friday postponed the sanity hearing for the man found innocent by reason of insanity in the 1976 shooting deaths of seven people at Cal State Fullerton. Deputy Dist. Atty. Dan Wagner submitted tapes of recent interviews with Bonnie Sykes, the ex-wife of Edward Charles Allaway, in which she alleges rape and domestic abuse by her husband. Wagner did not elaborate or say how the allegations might be relevant to Allaway's condition today.

Re "Allaway Was Agitated by Movie, Nurse Testifies," Dec. 11: Did I really read that a nurse claimed that Edward Charles Allaway became "angry and unglued" when he watched "Night of the Living Dead" in 1999? Who is picking the movies for mass murderers who plead insanity? I think I'm a relatively sane guy, but "Night of the Living Dead" freaked me out. What must have Allaway thought? Shouldn't any movie involving murder and/or eating people be banned from mental hospitals? Do we need a government committee to study this?

Mass murderer Edward Charles Allaway, who shot nine people in the library at Cal State Fullerton in 1976, killing seven, will ask to be moved from a maximum-security state hospital to less restrictive custody. A decision on Allaway's request, scheduled before Judge William Thomson on Friday in Orange County Superior Court, was postponed until Dec. 20 to allow attorneys and the judge to conduct more research on the case, the court clerk said.

Edward Charles Allaway, a janitor who killed seven people in a 1976 shooting rampage at Cal State Fullerton, is too dangerous to be released from a state mental hospital, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Friday. "I believe that the defendant is a danger to himself and others at this time," said Judge Donald A. McCartin in denying Allaway's petition to be placed in an outpatient therapy program, the first step toward freedom. Despite his ruling, McCartin offered Allaway hope.

Re "Mass Killer's Bid for Release Is Denied," Dec. 22: During his trial, Edward Charles Allaway, who murdered seven people 25 years ago at the Cal State Fullerton library, testified that he thought that his victims would support his release. This in itself is a delusion, as it further reflects a disordered thinking process, which is the essence of schizophrenia. The best way to infer what his victims would support is to assess what their living relatives would do--send him back to the state hospital where he can be medicated with psychotropic drugs and be subject to structured living for the remainder of his life.

An appeal by Edward Charles Allaway to be released from a psychiatric hospital 27 years after he killed seven people at Cal State Fullerton was rejected Tuesday by the California Supreme Court. Without comment, the court refused to reverse Orange County Superior Judge Frank F. Fasel, who concluded in a 2001 hearing that Allaway, a janitor on campus at the time of his rampage, was still a danger to society and should not be released.

Re "Allaway Was Agitated by Movie, Nurse Testifies," Dec. 11: Did I really read that a nurse claimed that Edward Charles Allaway became "angry and unglued" when he watched "Night of the Living Dead" in 1999? Who is picking the movies for mass murderers who plead insanity? I think I'm a relatively sane guy, but "Night of the Living Dead" freaked me out. What must have Allaway thought? Shouldn't any movie involving murder and/or eating people be banned from mental hospitals? Do we need a government committee to study this?

A Cal State Fullerton janitor who went on a shooting rampage in 1976, killing seven in Orange County's worst mass slaying, must remain institutionalized, a judge ruled Friday. Edward Charles Allaway, who was found not guilty of the killings by reason of insanity, lost his petition for release when Superior Court Judge Eileen C. Moore ruled that he did not prove he no longer poses a threat to the community.

Lenore Alvillar-Aguilar marched into the Cal State Fullerton library an eager freshman, the first in her family to attend college. She emerged an hour later trembling and crying, a witness to one of the worst mass shootings in California history. Seven people died and two were wounded in the 1976 rampage by a university janitor named Edward Charles Allaway. Alvillar-Aguilar and dozens of others got out of the white concrete building without a scratch. But that does not mean they were unscathed.

Re "Mass Killer's Bid for Release Is Denied," Dec. 22: During his trial, Edward Charles Allaway, who murdered seven people 25 years ago at the Cal State Fullerton library, testified that he thought that his victims would support his release. This in itself is a delusion, as it further reflects a disordered thinking process, which is the essence of schizophrenia. The best way to infer what his victims would support is to assess what their living relatives would do--send him back to the state hospital where he can be medicated with psychotropic drugs and be subject to structured living for the remainder of his life.

Ventura County officials must identify a building where infected patients could be isolated and treated in the event of a smallpox outbreak. Additionally, a cadre of doctors, nurses, police officers and firefighters should attempt to get smallpox inoculations in advance so they can safely attend to the sick. Those are some of the findings from a mock bioterrorism emergency conducted this week in Thousand Oaks. The four-hour exercise was held with the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in attendance to bring its members up to date on the county's readiness for terrorist incidents in the wake of Sept.

Edward Charles Allaway, the disgruntled janitor who murdered seven people a quarter-century ago at the Cal State Fullerton library, is still a danger to society and should not be freed from a psychiatric hospital, an Orange County judge ruled Friday. The decision by Superior Court Judge Frank F. Fasel concluded Allaway's most serious bid yet to gain his freedom. Several psychiatrists testified that Allaway would not pose a risk if released under state supervision.

Edward Charles Allaway, the disgruntled janitor who murdered seven people a quarter-century ago at the Cal State Fullerton library, is still a danger to society and should not be freed from a psychiatric hospital, an Orange County judge ruled Friday. The decision by Superior Court Judge Frank F. Fasel concluded Allaway's most serious bid yet to gain freedom. Several psychiatrists testified that Allaway would not pose a risk if released under state supervision.

In his final summation, an attorney for mass killer Edward Allaway told a judge Tuesday that after 25 years in state mental hospitals, the man who killed seven people at Cal State Fullerton can be safely released into society. "He should be watched like a hawk--but he can be watched like a hawk," said Deputy Public Defender John Bovee. After listening to one month of testimony, Superior Court Judge Frank F.

I read with the great interest and concern Dana Parsons' column ("When It Comes to Freeing Allaway, There's No Margin for Error," Aug. 1) concerning the potential release of Orange County's worst mass murderer, Edward Charles Allaway. Parsons reminds us that Allaway is "a real person," not just a "symbol" of a mentally ill person. What is painstakingly missing is the fact that most mentally ill people don't kill or harm others. Allaway, while found not guilty by reason of insanity by a judge, is a mentally ill person who shot and killed seven "real people" and injured two others.

Edward Charles Allaway, who killed seven people in a 1976 shooting rampage at Cal State Fullerton, is too dangerous to be released from a state mental hospital, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Friday. "I believe that the defendant is a danger to himself and others at this time," said Judge Donald A. McCartin in denying Allaway's petition to be placed in an outpatient therapy program, the first step toward freedom. Despite his ruling, McCartin offered Allaway hope.

As the prosecution began presenting its case Monday in the hearing of Edward Charles Allaway, a nurse testified that she saw the mass killer become highly agitated while he watched a horror movie at a state mental hospital. Allaway, who killed seven people at Cal State Fullerton in 1976, is seeking release, saying his mental illness is in remission. But nurse Marilyn Luther testified that Allaway became angry and unglued while watching "Night of the Living Dead" in 1999.

Mass murderer Edward Charles Allaway says he has recovered completely from schizophrenia and is ready to live a normal life. If so, mental health experts said, he is a rare exception. The vast majority of schizophrenia patients endure the condition throughout their lives. It's a mental illness marked by a withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking and delusions. It has no known cause and no known cure, and in extreme cases has provoked sufferers to sudden, deadly violence.