Free Lost and Found by John Glatt Page A

to Nevada. Going to all these lengths to fulfill his sexual fantasy did not reflect proper use of his intelligence.
    “There is nothing in the sexual fantasy that has any geographical significance,” wrote the doctor in his report, “and unless a person was pretty fogged up one way or another, they wouldn’t incur the involvement of federal law.”
    On December 14, Dr. Kuhn wrote to Garrido’s Washoe County attorney, Ron Bath, saying he believed the defendant had known the difference between right and wrong during the kidnap and rape. And he also found that Garrido fully understood the nature of the charges he faced, and would be able to assist in preparing his defense.
    Five days later, the Federal District Court–appointed psychiatrist, Dr. Lynn Gerow, examined Phillip Garrido for an hour and forty-five minutes in Washoe County Jail. Unshaved and disheveled, Garrido frequently clasped a Bible in his hand, appearing obsessed with God and religious events.
    “He talked at some length about the Bible, the Lord and God,” Dr. Gerow later reported. “I felt he was preoccupied by those things.”
    Unlike Dr. Kuhn, the state psychiatrist did not think Phillip Garrido particularly intelligent.
    “His judgment was very poor,” Dr. Gerow observed. “His insight was minimal. His intelligence appeared to be average.”
    During the examination, Garrido became emotional as he spoke of his childhood, saying that he had “considerable emotional conflict” with his parents.
    “He worked on and off as a musician and began abusing drugs increasingly,” wrote the psychiatrist. “He was married in 1972 and his wife currently works as a dealer in a local casino.”
    Garrido told Dr. Gerow he suffered from migraine headaches, but otherwise appeared completely rational, providing “a clear, concise statement,” from when he had seized Katie Callaway until his arrest the following morning. And finding no signs of either psychosis or neurosis, the doctor diagnosed Garrido as suffering from satyriasis, or excessive sexual compulsion.
    “There was nothing in what he told me,” said the psychiatrist, “nothing in the mental status examination that one could say that he wasn’t responsible and competent.”
    During the examination, the doctor asked Garrido to respond to a series of proverbs, including “Those who dance should pay the fiddler.”
    “He responded that he had committed a crime,” said the doctor, “and that he should pay for that crime.”
    The next day, Dr. Gerow sent off his psychiatric report on Phillip Garrido to United States district judge Bruce Thompson, now assigned to oversee the federal trial.
    “Mr. Garrido was a tall, thin white male,” it began. “He appeared as an unshaved, unkempt man looking his stated age. He presented his story in a clear and logical fashion.”
    Garrido had appeared dejected throughout his jailhouse evaluation, breaking down in tears on several occasions.
    “He looked and acted depressed,” noted Dr. Gerow. “He would occasionally cry during the interview. He denied suicidal ideation.”
    Garrido had readily admitted abusing LSD, marijuana, cocaine and alcohol for the last six years, claiming to have taken five doses of LSD daily. And he boasted of swallowing “four hits” of the powerful hallucinogenic after abducting Katie Callaway.
    “He believes strongly that LSD increases his sexual power,” reported the doctor. “He was preoccupied with the idea of sex and admitted to a history of several sexual disorders. He complains of some memory and preceptual [sic] disturbances secondary to chronic LSD abuse.”
    Garrido also claimed to have hallucinations, which the doctor noted was common among LSD abusers.
    Throughout the examination, reported Dr. Gerow, Garrido stressed his recent discovery of God and how he now wanted to turn his life around.
    “He made mention of recent increasing religiosity,” wrote the doctor. “There were several references to God and Jesus.