Murder defendant Wilson shadowed by his own persona

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Christopher Wilson enters Chelan County Superior Court for a Feb. hearing. From left are his mother, Kathleen Zornes; stepfather, Don Zornes; and grandfather, Ron Prosise.

Doubt came into Amelia Savage’s mind, and made her ashamed.

The former Chelan woman got to know Christopher Scott Wilson when they were in their early teens. Near and far, as Savage toured the world and Wilson moved between school, the Army, the Northwest and the East Coast, the two remained in contact.

After Wilson’s arrest in October 2010 on suspicion of murdering Mackenzie Cowell, he was jailed, and two months went by with no phone calls, no emails, no Facebook messages. Savage, now living in Brazil, was left only with Wenatchee World stories and the speculation she read online.

“The way the articles are printed, you really question — did I not know my own friend?” she said. “Have I missed something for 17 years that was right in front of me? Is he a sociopath and I’ve just never known that?”

Savage returned to North Central Washington for a family visit last month, and met Wilson in a Chelan County Regional Justice Center interview room. The two friends hadn’t seen each other in almost a year. They hugged, as best they could, through security glass.

Accused of Wenatchee’s most stunning murder in decades, Wilson was still able to make his old friend laugh — mostly at the thought of being portrayed as a villain.

“Even considering the circumstances, we just laughed for an hour straight,” said Savage, 29. “I didn’t know what to expect, if it would be a really sad visit or what — but this is just Chris. He’s having a very bizarre thing happen to him right now, and still he can see the humor in it. It was amazing.”

Savage believes in Wilson’s innocence. She knew him as a skateboarding companion and confidant long before the wider world came to know him as a defendant. She watched from a distance as he was charged with murdering his 17-year-old fellow student from Wenatchee’s Academy of Hair Design.

And after that, she watched as elements of his personality that she remembered fondly — his dark humor, his cynicism, his affection for the offbeat and the macabre — became lenses through which the public defined him. Police documents noted his arm tattoo of fictional murderer Hannibal Lecter, the film about John Wayne Gacy in his DVD collection, the photos he took of a prank sculpture made to resemble a dismembered human body.

She asked if he was angry that so many people seemed to think he was guilty.

“And he’s like, ‘It’s no one’s fault,’” she said. “‘People only know what you tell them.’”

‘Being different’

Wilson has remained in jail since his arrest on $1 million cash bond, speaking to few people outside the criminal justice system. Through his defense attorney Keith Howard, he declined a request to be interviewed — at Howard’s advice.

Kathleen Zornes sees her son twice a week, and talks to him on the phone even more. It never seems to be enough. She worries he’s not getting enough sunlight. Worst of all, she’s been unable to hug her son since his arrest, six months ago.

Chris Wilson had a suggestion for her. He kept a clothing mannequin for costuming projects. When another renter moved into Chris’s former apartment, “I, of course, had to pack up all his clothes,” Zornes said. “... But I didn’t wash one of his shirts. So he said, ‘Put that on the mannequin. Then you can just hug that.’”

She smiled at the thought, then began to cry. “But it’s very difficult.”

If Christopher Scott Wilson is unconventional, he’s the son of an unconventional mother. Kathleen Zornes, 48, has been a flight attendant, a bike shop owner, makeup artist, a travel agent, a bank staffer. She had little concern that her son, now 30, hadn’t settled down with a house, a career and a family in the years before his arrest.

“I don’t know what I want to do yet when I grow up,” she said. “... I wanted him to find something that he loved to do, but finding that is a journey within itself. So it didn’t matter to me what he did, as long as he was happy doing that.”

Zornes, then named Lisa Kathleen Prosise, was 18 and unmarried when Chris was born in Bellevue in 1980. A California native, she arrived in Issaquah as a child when her father became the town’s police chief in 1971. He left that post in 1976 to open his own regional construction company, and the family remained in the Northwest.

Chris was less than a year old when Kathleen married Rick Wilson, an engineer hailing from North Dakota, who adopted the boy and gave him his name. Their son Jeffrey was born in 1983.

The marriage came undone over time, and by the early 1990s Kathleen had moved to Chelan and opened a bike shop and snowboard shop, Nature Gone Wild. She helped the Chelan Police Department obtain cycles at cost for its bike-patrol program, and carried both bike and skateboard products.

Amelia Savage drifted into the shop when she was just 12, a home-schooled, creative kid with a passion for skateboarding. She found a kindred spirit in Chris, just a year older, passionate about music, humorous and artistic.

“He could be a bit shocking to kind of offset the normalcy that he was surrounded by, and his sense of humor was a bit macabre,” she said. “Maybe he was interested in being different.”

The two challenged curfews together, boldly skateboarded through public parks despite police efforts to stop them, and generally chafed at the restraints of their small town.

“We were cynical skateboarders who had jobs at 13 and saved our money and got the hell out as soon as we could,” Savage wrote in an email. “We both had loving (single) mothers who allowed and encouraged us to be different. We were treated like criminals by the Chelan police since we were old enough to stay out after 10 p.m.”

Both worked at Nature Gone Wild into their teen years, even investing together in a car — a 1963 Rambler Ambassador that Chris nicknamed “The Pink Lady.” But Savage started classes at Wenatchee Valley College at age 15, on an accelerated track to escape North Central Washington. She lived and worked in Europe, South America and on cruise ships before finally opening her hotel in Salvador, Brazil.

She returned to the valley yearly at best, but stayed in touch with Chris with all the social media available. By 1997 he and his mother had moved to Boise, where she worked as a flight attendant with Horizon Air and he attended Borah High School.

That year, a few weeks before Chris’s 17th birthday, his adoptive father Rick Wilson died in Seattle after falling from the sill of an open third-floor hotel window, where he’d been sitting. Kathleen and her sons flew in for the funeral. Rick’s family had is body embalmed, but the cosmetic reconstruction was poorly done.

“It was very traumatic for both my boys,” Kathleen said. “I believe that was a turning point for Chris, where he thought he could do such a better job. ... He didn’t want families to go through what we went through when we saw him.”

Meanderings

The path was never direct, though. When he was 18, Chris and Amelia Savage briefly shared an apartment at the Burke Hill complex in Wenatchee, she taking over his lease when he moved out after a few months. That year he began collecting tattoos — including a likeness of Hannibal Lecter. He studied at Wenatchee Valley College and spent time living with Kathleen’s parents, now in California. In 2003, he enlisted in the Army.

It was not to last. In letters that June to his mother from Fort Benning, Ga., he was miserable. He hated the way he looked with a shaved head, and took no end of guff from the drill sergeants about his tattoos. “When I’m running laps, they yell, ‘Come on, Axel Rose!” he wrote.

He began to suffer vision problems, and was diagnosed with a detached retina that would eventually lead to his medical discharge. “They put me in the sick bay, meaning I sleep with everyone who is either too sick or fat to make it through boot camp,” he wrote. “I have contracted the flu and a cold. I better not contract the fat.”

Returning to Wenatchee, he interned for a few months as a funeral director and embalmer at Telford’s Chapel of the Valley, hoping to learn mortuary sciences. He traveled, living in Rhode Island for about a year before returning to the Wenatchee Valley again. For a while, he and a friend ran a startup auto repossession company called The Grim Repo.

He also met a girl his family came to love: Tessa Schuyleman, an artist, musician, photographer and model. The two collaborated on music and art, and remained close friends even after they ceased dating.

“She always dressed so funky-fun — hats with veils and bustiers, and she was just a cute little model,” Kathleen recalled. “... I considered Tessa the daughter I never had. I love her.”

Chris read widely, and by his 20s he was an avowed atheist. “I despise the sun,” he said on his Facebook profile, “but not as much as I despise organized religion.” Atheist commentators like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins were among his preferred authors.

“He’ll have any conversation with anybody about religion,” Savage said. “He’s just open to anything.”

Later, he moved to Ellensburg to be close to another girlfriend, and worked at a Goodwill store there in 2007. Savage said one day outside the Goodwill building, Chris discovered papier-maché human limbs and a torso, smeared with fake blood and wrapped in plastic to resemble a carved-up body. He called police and photographed the pieces, Savage said. The images wound up on his social networking profiles.

He returned to the funeral industry, but Kathleen said he was disillusioned by the profit motive, with grieving families asked to pay for expensive caskets and arrangements. The final straw came when he was asked to embalm the body of a small boy who’d died in a sledding accident.

“It looked so much like his little brother that he decided, ‘I can’t do this anymore,’” Kathleen said.

But the cosmetic aspects of funeral management — hairstyling, makeup — still appealed to him. It could be applied to theater or films, both areas where he had an interest.

Chris moved back to Wenatchee, and took another studio at the Burke Hill apartments. He signed up for classes at the Academy of Hair Design in 2009.

Most of his fellow students were young women. One of them was named Mackenzie.

Context

Kathleen remarried in 1999, to Don Zornes, and in 2001 left the airline industry to become a financial services representative with a Wenatchee bank. In 2006, she and Don bought a Wenatchee building along with a salon business called Solutions, and renamed it Salon Couture. Tessa Schuyleman took the promotional photos for her business.

Kathleen believes the police investigation that implicated her son was flawed. She’s seen contradictions in the case, leads that appear to point elsewhere. She hopes the jury agrees when Chris goes to trial May 31.

“Whoever is involved in this, they need to be held accountable,” she said. “No question at all. An innocent, beautiful life was taken. Whoever was involved in this needs to be held accountable. But please, let’s get the right people.”

Tom Deskin, a friend of the Zorneses, found Chris an “eccentric, different, really nice guy. Just definitely on his own kind of plane, but not really in a bad way.”

At the time Mackenzie Cowell was murdered, Deskin lived two flights above Wilson at the Burke Hill apartments.

“When the detectives talked to me, I said, ‘If Chris did this, I’m going to have to go to some kind of class to learn how to read people,’” said Deskin, 26. “... Just from his demeanor and being around him, it seems pretty impossible to believe.”

Fourteen stylists work at Salon Couture. In January, a new staffer came to Kathleen and said, “Can I ask you a question? I heard that Christopher painted his walls black, and had blood running down the walls.”

“It’s interesting to me, the trial of public opinion,” Kathleen said. “... The way they have portrayed my son and Tessa — it’s so tragic that, number one, people are so judgmental, and number two, if they lived in Seattle, they would not have been looked twice at. But because we live in Wenatchee, they do stand out a little bit more.”

Last summer, before Chris’s arrest, a Wenatchee relative of Amelia Savage died, unattended, while asleep at home. The body lay in bed for several days before it was discovered, and the family had to cope with both the death and the cleaning of the bedroom.

From Brazil, Savage tried to help as best she could, but this was unfamiliar territory. She knew Chris had experience with funeral services, and she emailed him for advice. Within two days, Chris and Kathleen went to the home and disposed of the mattress.

“They took care of a really bad situation for us,” Savage said, “and I actually almost posted on his Facebook, ‘A good friend helps you move, but a great friend helps you move bodies.’

“And I paused ... you never know. That was maybe just a little bit too dark-sided to post, but I’ve heard that before. But imagine if I had. You know what I mean?”

Jefferson Robbins: 664-7123

robbins@wenatcheeworld.com

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Gator 2 years, 1 month ago

Nice collaborative piece, Jefferson. However, I believe (or hope) this is meant to be an unbiased biography of Mr. Wilson, and if so, then the problem I noticed is that key occurrences - that may or may not be statements that speak to the character of Mr. Wilson - were omitted. I believe there are many of these, but the one that jumps to mind was the dismissal of Mr. Wilson by the owner of Telford's, because he felt some "weird stuff" was going on with Mr. Wilson.

Tim 2 years, 1 month ago

Wow, a life full of confusion. I find it strange though that his mother is concerned he's not getting enough sun, " She worries he’s not getting enough sunlight. ",and he hates the sun, ". “I despise the sun,” he said on his Facebook profile," Odd...

Delmar 2 years, 1 month ago

I spoke with Kathleen and she said she was concerned that he needed some fresh air and sunshine. He had only been outside twice for about 20 minutes in over 7 months. When he wrote on his face book page about the sun, it was summer and hot, so again it was taken out of context. Shes a Mom, they worry about their kids no matter how young or old, not odd at all....

ScottTucker 2 years, 1 month ago

I don't know if this story was to raise some sort of compasion for this guy or not. Bottom line for me is, they found her blood in his apartment, His friend and former love, Tessa Schuyleman took pictures and video of it. And they found his DNA. There are alot more very convincing pieces of evidence to go along with this, that im leaving out. I feel no sorrow for him nor anyone who might have helped. The family of Mackenzie have gone through and continue to go through a nightmare that I would wish on no-one. How bout doing a compasionate piece on the surviving victims????? I think this story was a bad call on the Wenatchee Worlds part. Maybe I see it wrong.

patience 2 years, 1 month ago

ummm...whos idea was this? shaking my head

The idea for this article, I believe is to be fair and balanced. All we have heard from the police is speculation about CW. Now it is fair to let his family tell the public what they know of him. It was also a chance for his Mother to clear the salon. The police have had the DNA report since December 2010 that MC's DNA is not a the salon, nor was she ever there. The blood spatter in the stairwell is that of an unknown male. This is why Robin Wagg refused to answer the question and remained "tight lipped". This is only one of the many mistakes LE has made in this investigation. Remember, there are two sides to every story, You have only heard what the police want you to hear.

Doug_B 2 years, 1 month ago

I enjoyed the piece. It'll be interesting to see how the trial takes shape.

MovedAway03 2 years, 1 month ago

I commend the WW for writing this piece. In journalism, there are two sides to every story. You can't just tell one side because it is the popular side. A good newspaper will look at both sides.

Keep in mind, Chris has not been convicted of anything. Doing a background piece on him and how he grew up is a good piece of journalism. I think most people would like to know more about this person accused of murder, whether they have a favorable opinion of him or not.

malgal 2 years, 1 month ago

I agree! This is very good journalism.

There is usually only what the prosecutors want to be released. Alot of the truth never comes out, even in a trial. I am not saying that he is guilty or not, that is for a jury to decide. Not the public.

Who_Knows 2 years, 1 month ago

I agree completely!

BJ 2 years, 1 month ago

Worst of all, she’s been unable to hug her son since his arrest, six months ago. Hmmm. What about Mackenzie's loved ones, they can only hug each other. This story makes me sick. No sympathy for the guy from me.

Chris' family lost a child too. Maybe under different circumstances but the pain remains the same either way.

No, no and no. Momma still gets to see him twice a week and talks to him on the phone as much as possible. What does Mackenzie's family get? Don't even begin to think the pain is the same either way!

noneyaB 2 years, 1 month ago

you are right he is still living and breathing and that is a better scenario, his mama and the rest of his family and his friends have done NOTHING wrong. They are aloud to grieve and they are allowed to miss him. And you are right it is not the same type of pain, but it is still pain.

jenniferi 2 years, 1 month ago

You did NOT just really say that did you? His mom talks to him all the time, sees him every week. VERY big difference in comparison to losing a child to MURDER where the family had no choice in the matter as to whether they could still see their child or not. She has a choice, and she utilizes it through visits and the phone. Big difference.

ladylaland 2 years, 1 month ago

The pain remains the same either way..? No it does not, the pain is present for both parents, but the context and extent are different. MC life was taken from her, and her parents/loved ones no longer get to see her, hear her, or be in her presence.

mrslickt 2 years, 1 month ago

I just hope NONE of the three commenters above EVER participate on a jury. Such biased, judgmental views - especially without being in command of all the facts (or disregarding inconvenient facts) - would be really scary to face on a jury panel.

Sorry Aaron but there was nothing that I stated that was biased or judgemental, and "command" is unneccassary with consideration that I am speaking of loss and its contexts.

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I think this is a GREAT story on Chris. Regardless of whether he is guilty or not, he was/is NOT a monster to the people that know him. I think we're all just trying to understand a little bit more how you can known someone one way that the public views as being completely different just because of what they may have read or heard through gossip. I love how open minded this town is! LOL.

You answered your own question..for us who do not know him, we only know from what we aquire and base opinion from. For those close to him, yes it is nature to question ones own perception and try to make sense of it, or completely remain in denial and assure it was all a set up. Either way, there are various formed opinions based upon a defendant who had the victims blood in his apt and his DNA on duct tape along with the victims blood, and video footage that seemingly paralleled to the crime. Then there are people claiming his innocence, which in turn leaves many of us who only know from what we read wondering.. why hasnt he spoke then?? Sadly a life was taken, and therefore many of us seek finding the answer for the sake of the victim.

Nicole73 2 years, 1 month ago

Finding Mackenzie's blood in his apartment and his DNA on duct tape sound like pretty strong evidence. However, Chris's mom is saying she has seen "contradictions" and "leads that point elsewhere." Why haven't we heard of leads that point elsewhere and what might they be?

You HAVE heard of some of them... Remember... There were 3 UNKNOWN males DNA found on the evidence. Everyone forgets about that because the police have already "caught" the "killer", right?

Jane Doe - you apparently have a lot to say, why not tell us what you know since you are SO CONFIDENT it is not Chris. What facts do you have that your community should be aware of .... who killed her if it wasn't him? Why are you so supportive over someone who chooses to not give up the real killer if it is not him?

Quite the statement you make here: "Well, if he's innocent then why doesn't he just tell them who the real criminal is?" My question: If he's innocent, how on Earth should he know who the murderer is? If I believe he's not guilty, how would that make me somehow privy to information as to who the murderer is?!? Are you really so bent on believing anything the police say that you can't see the idiocy of such a circular line of reasoning?!?

the_lonely_stoner 2 years, 1 month ago

this article is GARBAGE amelia savage look at the EVIDENCE people are retarded for real. everyone who THINKS he's INNOCENT YOU GUYS ARE ON CRACK!!!!!!! what about mc's parents, friends they CAN'T hug her ever again cause some PEOPLE decided to do this. one day they will all pay though.

ash 2 years, 1 month ago

Hi lonely stoner, what evidence have you seen in front of your very own eyes besides a newspaper? Just curious, if you had more to go on then media coverage.

It is so unfortunate that Mackenzie does not have the support that she not only deserves but is entitled to. As they say though, the victim always gets put on the back burner. Well, guess what she may be a silent victim but her voice will shine through come trial and afterwards. For him to be in jail there must be enough evidence that is holding him there or his attorney would have had him out by now.

sanfran 2 years, 1 month ago

Thank you for your support, I am a member of the Cowell family!

I think the late Miss Cowell has the support of the whole community - and the entire northwest - but it is clear to me that there is more to this than what we have been told and I think many, like myself, would prefer to remain skeptical in hopes that law enforcement will find the murderer and not just convict someone because they could manipulate evidence to fit closely enough to convince a jury of highly prejudiced and judgmental Wenatcheeites!

Real mature STONER. Real mature. Remember a time when YOU were a suspect? I'm sure you were wishing people would keep an open mind then... right? That's all Chris' family is asking people to do now.

Open mind? Can they have an open mind that he is even "likely" involved in the murder of this teen? If he HAS NOTHING to do with it then why hasnt his attorney got him out of jail then .... because they have reason to hold him, is why. Hes got one of the best defense attorneys, if he wanted him out he would have done it already, found a loophole somewhere.

could not have said it better J.Champlin...

There's no loopholes... Cash bail is cash bail, and if you look at past cases of murder 1 and murder 2, $One Million cash is standard. There's no loophole to get around that except someone putting up $ONE MILLION CASH. Most folks have the same misconceptions that you do about bail and the correlation between evidence and being confined. That he is accused is enough for any judge to order him held with little possibility of release pending trial. Again, it's absolutely standard operating procedure. Therefore, as your argument goes, let me paraphrase: "The cops accused him, so he's guilty." This is not only absolutely false - as the accusation has not been proven - but absolutely immoral, too.

wenatcheegirl30 2 years, 1 month ago

There is people that really know how much you loved her Joaquin, and I am saddened that you have to relive this everyday. She was a good person with a lot of ambition and charm. Even though she is not here...she is here, she is with you everyday.

Nicole, you haven't heard these leads because that would be admitting that a lot of mistakes have been made in this investigation, and people are going to extreme measures to make sure that Chris takes the fall for this, instead of the people who are responsible. Did you see the blood report with her blood in his apartment? it doesn't exist. Just wait, it will all come out in the trial.

If your so confident that it is not Chris, then who killed Mackenzie? You say you know so much through your posts, but when can you step up to the community and save someones loved one from harm by telling your community the truth if this is all BS. I will assume your community is of no concern to you, and that you will not tell your community who killed Mackenzie because you yourself cant answer the question because you don't know and/or you don't have a name to give.

Right. It's not Ash's job to do the investigators' jobs properly. It's her right to question their integrity because many of the "facts" don't add up. Again, you ask "The cops said so, so it's true, and if you don't agree you must know who did it." I can't even comprehend this line of thinking. Let's put the same scenario in a less emotional light: If the cops said you stole my car, and you said you didn't... well, then I expect you to tell me who stole my car!

Lisalou82 2 years, 1 month ago

Even if she does know who killed Mackenzie she cannot tell the whole community on this forum. Plus if the real killer reads this then they have ample warning to get out of the country. I think I know who actually did this and so do a lot of other people and so does the prosecutors office and the defense attorney and the cops so on and so forth. You don't live in a fairy tale world...They will continue to try to convict Chris and then when they don't they will go looking for the person who really did this, maybe. I don't believe they really want to admit that they are wrong. But just because you are curious what some people know that others don't doesn't mean any of us are going to tell you and the rest of the world...Save it for the trial.

Oh, you must mean the "blood report" on the "substantial amount of blood" they claimed to have found. Yup... pretty substantial 3/8" dot of blood.

Cadillac_Man 2 years, 1 month ago

Ms. Savage states, “The way the articles are printed, you really question — did I not know my own friend?” she said. “Have I missed something for 17 years that was right in front of me? Is he a sociopath and I’ve just never known that?”

I can really relate to her views/questions....one of my closest friends in Jr./Sr. High School there in Wenatchee is now in prision. Now I really feel as though I might have missed something that was there all along. With my situation, however, I can honestly say that he comes from a good family, etc. I don't know anything about Mr. Wilson.

Chris also comes from a good family. A REMARKABLE family who would do anything and everything for those around them.

Why is it that you always go by Jane Doe? Just curious. If your so sure in your comments can you say who you really are? His family maybe remarkable, but Mackenzies family is without a child today because of something HE was involved with in one way or another. SHE IS DEAD, no longer able to exist on this earth. Let's not forget that very important fact to the case.

Cynthia 2 years, 1 month ago

Thank you for this article. I was also assuming he was completely guilty based on what I had read.

This did not cause me to jump on the "Not Guilty" side of the fence, but it did give me pause to question my assumptions.

It's a heartbreaking situation all around. The most important thing is that the real truth is brought out, one way or the other.

Thanks again - I believe this is good journalism, no matter how it all comes down in the end.

Bdone 2 years, 1 month ago

Funny how people think he was framed because he was not like the other children? What are we 10 years old. They searched his apartment and found proof that she had been in his apartment and had been held captive maybe even killed their. They talk about never seeing signs of what he was really like? Sociopaths do not show their true demons to the outside world or even those who are close to them, they hide it and when they grow and grow they learn to hide their darkness and blend in with those around them. Open a book Read about The BTK Killer or Grey Ridge way aka the green river killer etc, of course it's Innocent until proven Guilty but i mean come on.. Proof was found.. end of story.

"found proof that she had been in his apartment and had been held captive"

Really?? Where is this proof? There was NEVER any PROOF that she was held captive. Besides how can you hold someone captive when there is such a small time frame of when she was murdered? Interesting choice of words anonymous.

Yes. Everyone who thinks the cops are absolutely incapable of making a mistake are 10 years old. Period!

2bad 2 years, 1 month ago

I don't know if he is guilty or not. I will assume he isn't until proven otherwise. I have a hard time understanding why Amelia and him found the situation funny. A young girl is dead and his life as he knew it is over.

I agree with Bdone. And seriously Who_Knows, do you really think someone made up that her blood was found in his apartment? I don't think so. But I do think it is possible he didn't do it alone. I know he hasn't been found guilty yet but he is in jail for pending murder charges, so why should he be allowed to visit with Amelia for at lease an hour? I don't think that is right either.

He should be allowed to visit because (I know this is hard to get through some people's heads) he hasn't been convicted of anything yet.

The blood is BELIEVED to be Mackenzie's. It was a very small amount - nothing that would constitute an official crime scene. I AM NOT, NOR WILL I EVER say that I believe that Chris is innocent. BUT I have vowed to myself to support his family and to keep an open mind until I am completely sure of one way or the other. It is unfair to only go off of what is released to the media which, I'm sure, is very VERY little compared to what they may (or may not) have. We are not the jurors and after reading all of these posts from all the different articles in the past few months, I strongly hope that no one that comments on here (myself included) gets called as potential jurors.

ALL inmates in jail AND prison are entitled to visits. And why shouldn't he be? He is still someone's friend, son, brother, uncle, etc. Nothing has been proven yet.

gizmodee 2 years, 1 month ago

In a Wenatchee World article from Oct. 19...

"Investigators say DNA analysis has confirmed that blood found in the apartment of murder defendant Christopher Scott Wilson belongs to Mackenzie Cowell. "This is a fact that he is not going to be able to overcome,” said task force Commander Robbin Wagg in a phone interview Monday afternoon. "

Now tell me how the blood is only BELIEVED to be Mackenzie's if it has been confirmed in a DNA analysis... Please enlighten me...

Thank you Gizmo ..

I am completely perplexed by you. "I AM NOT, NOR WILL I EVER say that I believe that Chris is innocent. BUT I have vowed to myself to support his family and to keep an open mind until I am completely sure of one way or the other. It is unfair to only go off of what is released to the media which, I'm sure, is very VERY little compared to what they may (or may not) have." - JANE DOE

"ALL inmates in jail AND prison are entitled to visits. And why shouldn't he be? He is still someone's friend, son, brother, uncle, etc. Nothing has been proven yet." JANE DOE

Pathetic

Jenniferi - your comment makes no sense. You just copied and pasted two quotes from Jane Doe. Care to explain why you are perplexed and what is pathetic?

Yes, I did, and your right it doesn't make sense without the full explanation. I didn't finish what I was writing.... in a nutshell, I can't write anymore.

"Pathetic."

Yes, I agree. People who reason in illogical, circular ways... And then act indignant and righteous about it, and would lynch an UNCONVICTED person.... Yes, THAT'S "Pathetic."

No, it won't. Voir dior is intended to do this, but it fails often. The bar is set at "will you TRY to be unprejudiced?" I've been there. It sucks. For a prosecutor, the process is not about justice or about protecting the rights of the accused AND the accuser equally. No, it's just about WINNING! Sure. I'll "try." Some folks will say anything to be on a jury where they think the guy's guilty...

KC 2 years, 1 month ago

Bundy was apparently quite charming. All you hear from Wilson is silence. Oh that's right he is choosing to fall on the sword for the real killer.

Let him enjoy the vacation he is having at this time. No stress, free food, free electricity, television and "quiet time". Hes keeping his mouth shut for a reason. His reason is because he is sc*&^%d, and he knows it.

searching 2 years, 1 month ago

Clearly he was involved!! He could have been the nicest person ever......until MC was killed. He knows what happened.

RIP MC.........

Don't you think he he knew what happened he would have talked by now? Do you want him to pull a name out of his a** and accuse another innocent person so he can walk? Thats not the Chris I know. Nor is he not going to sign a plea agreement for something he did not do, nor has no knowledge of. Jennifer if your wrong how about you spend a year out of your life in "vacation" so you can have some quiet time and think about keeping your mouth shut?

novarama 2 years, 1 month ago

It is the job of a newspaper to report news and show us both sides of a story. I think as long as they are conveying factual information, it is not their civic duty to prevent "tainting" the jury pool.

cslatamani 2 years, 1 month ago

Any type of pre- publicity taints the jury pool. This is a small community. Too many potential jurors have some level of personal ties to the victim or to the accused. You can bet defense attorney's would be delighted as they prefer juries into deciding cases on the basis of elements rather than true facts.

rdxer 2 years, 1 month ago

Public outrage because of the killing of a young lady may have pressured law enforcement to find speculative evidence that lead to the arrest of this young man..I hope they have enough to convict in a court of law..If not,the Town Toyota mess will pale at the damages this defendant may collect if found innocent.I don`t think we can judge this young man by his strange lifestyle...I am waiting to see the real evidence presented at his trial..

I agree rdxer, didn't we the taxpayers just payout a $600,000. lawsuit over the "Sex Ring" fiasco? And isn't the same Judge, Prosecutor and Detectives on this case? Hmmmm.....very interesting indeed!

Larry71 2 years, 1 month ago

if that were the case there would have been an arrest much sooner.

sorry delmar Perez has been gone for along time. But yea another nice try.

Sorry Larry71, I was talking about Robin Wagg.

Sorry Larry71, I was talking about Robin Wagg, John Bridges and Gary Reisen. Should have named names... my bad.

I am pretty sure you are talking about the foster care issue, which was a judgment against the state - not the city. It didn't have anything to do with Bridges, Riesen etc. If that is the lawsuit you are talking about from a month or two ago.

nancyz 2 years, 1 month ago

I agree with the story wanting to raise some compassion for this guy! I'd really like to hear some compassion for Mckenizes family. I think alot of people would like to hear about her family too and how they are doing!

2 years, 1 month ago

Nice article on Chris, now if only you would have spent that much time and energy on your piece for Mackenzie (her one year, I believe it was) pulling heart strings for her as opposed to talking about the life she lived with parents divorcing, blah blah blah. Its important to remember the true victim in this case. Chris has free rent, food, television at no cost to him and sees his family every week, and his friends. Hes on one nice vacation while a family has no daughter. If he didnt commit the murder he sure as h&^% knows who did.

"Hes on one nice vacation"

Hey, go take a 24 hour tour of Walla Walla or Monroe. I don't believe you will see it as a nice vacation, once you've been there.

Hes not in prison, hes in County jail. Alone, in his own room, with television, privacy, free food, and electricity with access to visitors. Once he goes to prison that will be even better as he will need to be in the company of others, but for now he is only in the county jail.

Right now, he is innocent until proven guilty. Innocent - which means nothing has been proven at this time. I am not defending Chris or saying he is guilty - just that we have a justice system that must run its course.

If you think he is guilty, that's your choice. But it is a little blind and strange to say he is on vacation in county jail.

KatyDid 2 years, 1 month ago

Nice piece, Jefferson. Though I'm sure we'll hear more about McKenzie's family in the coming weeks (as for now, they probably prefer a bit of calm before the coming "storm"), this was an interesting article and a good reminder that we're all innocent before proven guilty in a court of law.

Mr. Ham Bone, you proved the point exactly. His walls were never painted black with blood, thats the public perception and the point of the whole article. And just a side note: His step father didn't even know he had a Hannibal tattoo until his arrest. It wasn't something he was proud of, it was a rebellious expression at 18 years of age......

I agree with Hambone....

SteveML 2 years, 1 month ago

What I don't understand is the decision of the WW to run this story at this point in time. They had used the Mackenzie tragedy as one of the reasons they no longer wanted to have anonymous posting. This just contradicts what they say since their decision to change the format was mentioned to happen soon. This piece could have ran after they implemented their change.

This article did not change my opinion. I was always going to wait until the trial And would expect a mother and childhood friend to try and sway the readers with their view and fond memories.

localgirl 2 years, 1 month ago

Christopher wasn't arrested because of the way he looked or acted. He was arrested on suspicion of murder because he was suspicious. I know him and I totally suspect him and that is my personal opinion based on his statements and behaviors made to me personally over a period of several years.. I don't need this article or any other to form my opinion of him.

I don't think you were the target audience for this article anyway.

I think your story is just as important to be told if you had personal experience and hope it will be told at trial.

JoyOJoi 2 years, 1 month ago

I was happy that Kathleen Zornes got the opportunity to give us some insight on their lives and about Cristopher. As a parent I often wondered how she was coping with this. Yes I believe we're all innocent before proven guilty in a court of law and hope that the murderer or murderers will be found and brought to justice soon. I have great empathy for both Mothers of these young adults and their family and friends. Bad things happen to good parents and we are just left with the question why? (even when justice has been served it isnt good enough).

Very well said Joy!

Agree with Joy!

This story does not change my opinion, but it was a good story. It told me that the kid didn't accomplish anything in life at 30 years old. The Army? hum..anybody can get out of the Army, medical makeups happen everyday. He was mostly likely the one private out of a whole platoon that was teased, daily.

I can't wait for the trial!

Has anyone noticed that Tessa's nickname on deviant art and on Myspace was "Amelia" same name as Chris's friend, Amelia Savage...ironic. Actually, yes, Tessa did use the name Amelia Savage on DeviantArt.com. Remember when the website for Tessa's photos came out? I am pretty sure thats right...

mjo 2 years, 1 month ago

I was kinda thinking the same thing .....but I went back and looked and she went by two other names one was mistress Amelia and the other was Alice Madison.......I was almost confused by it too.

I love this article! Thank you so much WW for actually printing this.
To everyone doubting Chris's innocence; His mother is right "Kathleen believes the police investigation that implicated her son was flawed. She’s seen contradictions in the case, leads that appear to point elsewhere. She hopes the jury agrees when Chris goes to trial May 31." She knows more about the evidence in this case than even the WW does and especially more than the speculators do.

Also please go easy on LonelyStoner he has suffered a great loss and really wants to believe that the guy that killed his girlfriend is behind bars.

Again thank you WW this article is what I have been waiting for from you!

JDylan 2 years, 1 month ago

"She knows more about the evidence in this case than even the WW does and especially more than the speculators do."

Why???

Oh yeah, I'm sure Mama knows everything. Down to the truth..Didn't the whole family take a short trip down to Arizona, soon after the murder? And sold a couple cars? Correct me if I'm wrong..

Dont you think she knows more than you do?? She is involved with all of the legal proceedings and talks to Chris's lawyer! You are wrong about the purpose of her trip and she sold 1 car. Arent people allowed to sell a car if someone in town has been murdered?

to bad his mother is WRONG
"Investigators say DNA analysis has confirmed that blood found in the apartment of murder defendant Christopher Scott Wilson belongs to Mackenzie Cowell. "This is a fact that he is not going to be able to overcome,” said task force Commander Robbin Wagg in a phone interview Monday afternoon. "

it's a FACT

Yes, it's a FACT that they BELIEVE the blood (all 3/8 of an inch of it) was hers. Yup. That's the FACT. It's been twisted and misstated so much - even by law enforcement - it's sickening. I hope you'll forgive Mr Wagg and the other inept investigators when they have to admit that the person responsible for this horrible crime is still out there, free as a bird.

These people are supporting him because of things the public doesn't really know about, not because they love him and think he's a perfect person. They want justice for the Cowell family too, and I'm so sorry that people seem to think that by supporting Christopher they are disrespecting MC, it's not about that at all. It's about finding the person who did this and holding them accountable, and unfortunately there is too much information to support that he did not do it, and I really wish the public was better informed. We all want justice, not just an easy out. By the way, you should read a book called "Witch Hunt": 'A True Story of Social Hysteria and Abused Justice'. You'll find all sorts of fun facts about Wenatchee's "justice" system.

It's unfortunate that someone is paying for a crime they didn't commit and a murderer(s) is walking free. That's a problem, and whether or not you agree, I'm sure you can appreciate that if that was true, that would be a very serious problem. You can't convince me it's not true, I can't convince you that it is, but we can both probably accept that it's a possibility and that alone should bother people.

girlfawkes 2 years, 1 month ago

I've avoided commenting on this because it's an opinion piece. However...

There were four jurisdictions involved in this investigation. I highly doubt that a conspiracy would fly under the radar of all but the prosecuting jurisdiction, especially with FBI and independent lab involvement.

He deserves his day in court as do all accused, but from the details of the subpoenas CCSO had good reason to arrest and prosecute him. According to the evidence they have detailed, to not do so would be irresponsible.

Haha Ya the SAME four jurisdictions that brought fire and brimstone upon Wenatchee in the 90's...

I agree, Girlfawkes.

The opinion of the author, the opinions of the readers, and the opinions of people that knew Mr. Wilson. What do these all have in common?

They all have NO influence on the upcoming murder trial.

I see that there are a lot of people who see the dilemma that we are in here...We don't trust our LE and the prosecutors office to actually do the right thing here...such as looking at the whole picture instead of cherry picking what they want. We don't actually believe that there is some crazy conspiracy where evidence was planted and so on, but the trend that I see is that it is a possibility that the LE may have purposely overlooked very important facts of this case including the 4 instances of unknown male DNA. Has anyone ever thought that people close to this case may know who it belongs to? Any chance that they are not talking because it would affect the outcome of the trial? LE only released what they wanted you to know so that the WW would print it and you would see what they want you to see... Is that so hard to believe? With the history of our local LE this does not surprise me in the slightest. My gut instinct tells me that Christopher is innocent. He is sitting in jail waiting for his day in court to prove to everyone that he didn't do this. Amazingly after all he's been through he still believes in the justice system! Hopefully it doesn't let him down. Don't you think that Mackenzie would want the right person in jail for her murder? She deserves justice and justice isn't about just finding someone to punish it's about getting the RIGHT person! LonelyStoner: I am so sorry for the loss that you have endured and I know it must be hard. But I think you need to look at this situation and realize that not everything printed in this paper is FACT just because it is printed and because a cop said it. These people thought you may have been guilty at on time, remember? Just because I don't think Christopher is responsible for taking Mackenzie's life doesn't mean that justice wont ever be served. I believe that the real killer is out there and this trial will bring who that is to light. It will be the responsibility of the LE to bring true justice.
Keep your head up and your eyes open.

LonelyStoner- was also ruled out by a process of elimination. As for Chris? They were all scrutinized, for the justice of MC! They happened to stumble along Chris and the path he left behind. I think you are blinded by some conspiracy..Good luck with that, see you at the trial.

This was said: "We don't actually believe that there is some crazy conspiracy" You replied "I think you are blinded by some conspiracy"

Are your synapses totally unresponsive, or are you purposely twisting what you read to get attention?!

Yet another utterly sickening "The cops said it so it MUST be true" argument.

I think that the point that people are trying to get across is that the Chris that people KNEW is not the Chris being portrayed in the media and that the majority of things people are saying about him are purely rumors. That's all. It's not about proclaiming his innocence or guilt, none of us know for sure which it is. It's just about clearing up the questionable material.

Also, his mom is the salon owner, she herself does not cut or do hair.

It's weird to me that someone passed in her family and she thought of Chris to remove the body. If I'm not correct, we have a Coroner in wenatchee?

Read the article again. lol. It wasn't the body he removed, it was the mattress. Another classic example of how rumors get started. People only read what they want it to say.

No? Then why this quote? Just sick humor now if you ask me!!!

"Even considering the circumstances, we just laughed for an hour straight" "He’s having a very bizarre thing happen to him right now, and still he can see the humor in it. It was amazing."

Yah, it's really funny!

Is it psychologically normal for an innocent accused person to laugh for an hour straight about being on the block for murder? I would think that being wrongly accused would plunge an innocent person into deep persistent depression coupled with unwavering determination. I guess it would vary from person to person but certainly there is nothing funny about this situation regardless of his guilt or innocence. Especially to laugh for "an hour straight".

On the two occasions I met CW he seemed morose and emo. He hardly said anything except how he enjoyed acting like a ninja and taking cars in the night when he worked for the repo business. Other friends of mine who knew him well say he is no Mr sunshine.

Jane Doe you will help Chris more at this point by continuing your visits instead of trying to defend him in the media like this. I can understand your need but it only brings out more negative experiences people had with him and exposures you wish were not true.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I am Reid Cowell's fiancee and I am absolutely sick about this article. I know Kris has his story to tell but the insensitivity to our family is overwhelming. Why didn't you just come over and slug us in the gut! Kris and Amelia laughed for a full hour???? I fail to find any humor in this situation at all! The way this article is wriiten is the exact reason we have chosen NOT to speak with the Wenatchee World. Mackenzie was a young vibrant woman that was taken from us way to soon and in a most horrific way! I think your article shows absolutely no compassion for the Cowell family. We have chosen to use this article to line the bottom of our neighbors bird cage and I hope many others do the same! This is where an article like this deserves to be!

The Wenatchee World's job isn't to make you feel better. Their job is to provide news to our community. A lot of people are wondering what the background of Chris Wilson is, and I welcome a piece like this that gives us a small glimpse into his life.

I still find it horribly sad and highly offensive that people are so bent on convicting this guy in the media. Premature judgment is what I call it, and it's immoral and disgraceful. ALL the facts will come out at trial - even the ones the prosecutor and the investigators don't want you to see because their case is falling apart. I believe they got the wrong guy. They found an easy target and started making the pieces appear to fit. Unfortunately, they simply don't fit at all and therefore this man sits in jail while a murderer walks freely among us. There is some really, really scary behavior here, on the part of law enforcement as well as those in the community who wish to burn anyone at the stake who may have a finger pointed at them. I am absolutely ashamed of the way this community has acted. Yes, I think we all have great sympathy, empathy, and compassion toward Miss Cowell's family. What a horrific loss. However, I would prefer that the person who gets convicted of the crime be the person who actually committed the crime. I'd prefer that the bad guy get away than to imprison an individual for something they didn't do. False imprisonment is counter to everything America is or ever was. The founders of our nation agreed that punishing one innocent person was too great a price to pay for the sake of security or justice. Furthermore... Since when is it mandated that the question of "if not Chris then whom" be answered by anyone who believes Mr Wilson may not be guilty? I don't believe the investigation was conducted properly, I don't believe Mr Wilson committed the crime, but I also have no clue who the real murderer is! LAW ENFORRCEMENT's JOB is to figure out who the REAL culprit is. That's not my job; I should not be expected to be able to answer the "then who" question simply because I think that - based on what I have seen - Mr Wilson isn't the murderer. I have almost begged for our people to demand that investigators REALLY do the job that, so far, they have failed. It is not enough to accuse someone & then mold the pieces around them. When the real murderer is discovered, the pieces will fall into place without manipulation. Until then, THANK YOU Wenatchee World for this frail attempt to appear unbiased. It is way too little, way too late, and it fails abysmally, but you get a B for effort.

TattooJohnny 2 years, 1 month ago

@ mrslickt WHO are our people? '"I have almost begged for our people to demand that investigators REALLY do the job that, so far, they have failed.''

Because you have stated in a past post

"I do not know Christopher. Couldn't identify him if my life depended on it. Never met him. I am not a friend .."

Truth?

"Our people" refers to the people within our community. We are ONE community. OUR people need to demand that OUR legal system be effective, honest, and efficient - from investigation all the way through to sentencing.

As for knowing Mr. Wilson, I do not. Still have not met him. It appears that you disagree with my opinion and therefore wish to suggest that I have been dishonest in my comments. It is inappropriate and offensive, not to mention immoral.

I don't buy your crapola for a second.

And don't assume what I think- It is my right to disagree with your opinion, which is not inappropriate, offensive or immoral. But I think you answered my question which was Truth?

My "crapola" isn't for sale. LMAO

Your "crapola" is now double "crapola" as you have now not only called me a liar in a roundabout-sorta-deniable way, you have asked me not to do as you have already done - that is, assume something about someone without fully knowing... Kinda like you & 500 other media zombies have done. Sorry, I, for one, refuse to blindly believe everything I read or hear, especially if the Wenatchee area law enforcement officials said it.

And no, I STILL don't know Mr Wilson. Don't know his family, either. My girlfriend and my sister know his Mom through professional contact, but until this article I wouldn't have recognized her if she had bumped into me. In summary, it is still true that I don't know, haven't known, and wouldn't have previously recognized, Mr Wilson OR any of his family. Thanks for asking, yet again.

wantjusticenow509 2 years, 1 month ago

Although LE HAS spent countless hours, even whole days throughout this long investigation, I TRULY believe that at some point the investigation shifted towards CW and all investigation/focus has been pointed in that direction. I dont know what to think for sure 100%, but IMO CW at least had some knowledge of something after the fact if he himself wasnt responsible for MC's murder. Now I know a lot of the evidence that LE and local media released makes it more than convincing that CW is responsible, and her blood in his old apt. is 1 fact thats pretty hard to refute, BUT theres been a lot of info that has been manipulated and or left out for the general public to be aware of because it would make a good majority of people question f CW killed MC without a reasonable doubt. LE in this valley, along with many involved in our local judicial system, city councils etc... have seemed to, FOR A LONG TIME, have gotten away with alot of misconduct that the general public never becomes aware of. And, when the public does find out, as in the SEX RING cases for ex, those responsible undoubtedly with criminal involvement have gotten away scott-free. Another example, when Chrissy Clements was murdered by Michael Garrett, the gun he used to kill her with he had stolen from the Child Support branch of the Pros. Atty's office. The gun, had been taken as evidence in a drug raid yrs before, and was supposed to be at the WPD in evidence, but someone at WPD loaned gun out to one of the atty's. Also, Beull Hawkins was ordered by a judge to cease all contact with Garrett, but t wasnt made publicly known why and also that hed had secret meetings with Garrett on more than one occasions. If you dont know who Hawkins is, he was and prob stil is a Wenatchee City councilman.

Mr Hawkins is the owner of Valley Tractor and is a Chelan County Commissioner.

Little off topic here, but I must say.... TO THE CODE KIDDIES who can't stand a divergent point of view... JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE, I have intercepted and logged an attempted distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) using ICMP requests (brute force) and NetBIOS requests. The information has been logged, including IP addresses, routing information, and client side info about the workstations involved. Three geolocation hits in Chelan or Douglas Counties. Two of those trace to LocalTel, one to Frontier. Don't do that any more. It's illegal, and the trail you leave is like a big 6 lane highway leading straight back to you.

Kthx.

I think you're just missing your tin foil hat.

Early on a connection to Ted Bundy was mentioned several times, with several diff theories. Some even thought MC, as well as another 1 at least were somehow connected to TB's previous murders.

***Although ruled an "acute intoxication" "overdose", Lisa Melcher Dechenne was found Jan 15th.2010 Her body was found in a back lot on Boodry St, and despite the media coverage, what little there was, her death was more than just suspicious.

*on January 15, 1978, Bundy entered Florida State's Chi Omega sorority house, and with a branch from an oak tree, bludgeoned to death 20-year-old Margaret Bowman as she slept in her bed. He then turned on her roommate, Lisa Levy, .....

***On feb 9th, Macenzie Cowell dissappeared after leaving the beauty academy she attended. Also, he last name is the same as Bundy's REAL last name, though this small co-incidence prob isnt relevant.

on February 9 , Ted Bundy abducted 12-year-old Kimberly Diane Leach from the grounds of Lake City Junior High School.

The polcie were notifed wthin weeks of MC's body being found, at the most. And, following interviews were conducted, to what degree is unknown, into at least one suspect that had close immediate ties to both Lisa and Mac. That person and another, who had VERY close ties to MC and CW both, was questioned more than once, and was even one of the main people to finger Chris as a suspect, although they were seen WITH CW the day Mac went missing

I don't understand. I thought we were talking about MC and CW, not Ted Bundy. I thik you're in the wrong thread. If you INTENDED to post that rambling mess here, I think you should remove it. Comparing this case to the Bundy case sorely understates the scope of the Bundy case. It's interesting, though, how you talk about the person who fingered Mr Wilson. You'll learn a LOT more about him at trial... You all thought Chris was "creepy..." You ain't seen nothin' yet... I happen to believe that one who points a finger has three pointing back at them. However, Law Enforcement decided who they'd prosecute and stopped investigating any other possibilities. Typical.

I get it...Look at the dates of Bundy's Murders to the death of Lisa and Mackenzie, they are exactly 32 years apart, to the day...

lizziebathory 2 years, 1 month ago

passionflwr 2 years, 1 month ago

That could be construed in so many ways...

ssssshhhhhhhhh 2 years, 1 month ago

Shame. Why is it publicity is given to those who commit crimes? A killer is a killer is a killer. And. No offense but when you take a life, you are giving up your own personal rights. Daylight for chris wilson is hopefully now, not taken for granted. Probably shoulda thought about that one.

Duckman 2 years, 1 month ago

mrslickt......you obviously are a CW supporter. Were you with him when he committed the murder. You sound so confident that he will doop justice. I wonder if you are the missing link LE had been looking for. Were you with him when he got his hannibal tattoo? Who in their right mind would get a tattoo of hannibal on their arm for the whole world to see. I dont want to sound so stereotypical but where was his mother at in his youth years? If CW gets off because a jury of 12 does not find him guilty I would have to say he was/is still a good person to suspect of the murder. I know CW and he is a sociopath. Wasn't TB a sociopath?

MrSlickt is a supporter of justice! Watch yourself for libel comments there sir! Why is it that just because he has a Hannibal tattoo it means he must be guilty? How terrible of you to speak of Chris's mother that way, shame on you! As for sociopaths, do your research...chances are if you know 50 people, one of them is a sociopath. Not all sociopaths are killers.

spazzkittymeow 2 years ago

Callous unconcern for the feelings of others and lack of the capacity for empathy.
Gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules, and obligations.
Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships.
Very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence.
Incapacity to experience guilt and to profit from experience, particularly punishment.
Marked proneness to blame others or to offer plausible rationalizations for the behavior bringing the subject into conflict.
Persistent irritability.

Interesting that people can diagnose others online.

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