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Parkland school shooter likely did not take psychiatric meds 5 months before massacre, pharmacist says

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/08/30/watch-parkland-school-shootings-death-penalty-phase-continues

The jurors who will be deciding the fate of the Parkland school shooter listened to more of the defense’s witnesses during his trial’s death penalty phase on Tuesday in Broward County court in Fort Lauderdale.

Susan Skolly-Danziger, a pharmacist with expertise in forensic toxicology, said she billed $200 hourly to review records of Nikolas Cruz’s newborn drug testing and mental health treatment as a child, teen, and as an adult in Broward County’s main jail.

Skolly-Danziger said Brenda Woodard reported consuming alcohol while pregnant with Cruz, and then raised that alcohol is considered a neurotoxin that can affect the fetus. She also said his psychiatric treatment as a minor was inconsistent.

“The medications weren’t filled regularly,” Skolly-Danziger said about Cruz’s treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder by at least four psychiatrists.

Assistant State Attorney Nicole Chiappone questioned Skolly-Danziger and said the record shows the reported alcohol exposure was in Woodard’s first trimester. Skolly-Danziger said Cruz was likely not on any medication about five months before the Feb. 14, 2018 massacre in Parkland.

Assistant Public Defender Tamara Curtis and Assistant State Attorney Jeff Marcus also questioned Jessica Clark Flournoy, an exceptional student education counselor who met Cruz at Westglades Middle School when he was in sixth and seventh grade.

Clark Flournoy said Cruz was consumed with wanting people to like him and staying ahead of his brother. She said after misbehaving he required an escort to go from class to class. She read a report that Cruz was in thePROMISE programafter he ripped apart a bathroom faucet.

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