Stephen Stanko Murder On His Mind Analysis

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In 2005, Stephen Stanko was charged with the murder of his girlfriend. While watching

"Murder on his Mind" video, I was convinced that Stankos was a psychopath which is also

known as antisocial personality disorder. According to the book, antisocial personality

disorder is "a personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience

for wrong doing, even towards friends and family members. May be aggressive and

ruthless or a clever con artist" (Myers,664). That definition can explain why he did

the crime. Even though I knew Stankos was a psychopath, I decided to look up the case.

When I did I found some interesting things.

I rewatched the video and I noticed that Stanko's PET scan was abnormal compared to a

normal

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