-Caveat Lector- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) April 30, 1992, Metro Edition SECTION: News; Pg. 1B LENGTH: 935 words HEADLINE: Jolley says he has multiple personalities BYLINE: Jill Hodges; Staff Writer
John Jolley, accused of killing 8-year-old Margaret Marques, testified Wednesday that he suffers from multiple personalities and implied that he may have been acting as another personality, known as Jack, during the killing. In several hours of testimony yesterday in Hennepin County District Court, Jolley, 21, admitted kidnapping Marques from the store where he worked in northeast Minneapolis and holding her captive in a box for nearly two days, sexually assaulting her twice before drowning her in a bathtub. He admitted to three charges of first-degree murder, bringing the first phase of his trial to a conclusion before the jury has been selected. Jolley has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness, a plea that requires a trial in two phases: the first to determine if he has committed the crime, the second to determine if he was sane at the time and therefore guilty. Judge David Duffy said he believes it is the first time a defendant in Minnesota has waived the first portion of such a trial. He said yesterday that he plans to accept Jolley's admissions, complete jury selection and move on to the trial's second phase. Jolley is charged with premeditated murder, murder in the course of a sexual assault and murder in the course of a kidnapping. Three days after he abducted Marques from the Discount 70 store Aug. 31, he admitted to police that he had killed her and led investigators to a wooded area of Lakeville where he had dumped her body in plastic bag. After confessing, he told police that he needed psychiatric help. Before he entered his admissions in court yesterday, Assistant County Attorney Fred Karasov questioned him at length about his mental state. "I understand you have another personality named Jack," Karasov said. "Who's testifying now?" Jolley said that he, John Jolley, was speaking, but that he could not guarantee that he would not experience a personality change. However, he told Karasov that it would probably be evident if he did. "From what I understand, Jack is strikingly different from me, and you'd notice a change," he said. He said there would be differences in posture, voice and attitude. Jolley did not specify how, if at all, the personality of Jack was involved in the crimes. That issue will be addressed in the next portion of the trial, Duffy said. Jolley, his face partly hidden by a long shock of hair, answered questions from his lawyer, Timothy Ostroot, and Karasov in a quiet, matter-of-fact manner, occasionally grimacing as he tried to recall details. He gave the following account: Marques arrived with her family at the store at Central and Lowry Avs. NE about 3 p.m. Aug. 31. He followed her into the basement of the store, where she had gone to use the bathroom. When she came out, he told her she should not be there, then clamped his hand over her mouth so she could not call out. He carried her to a workbench, where he struck her on the head with a mallet, trying to knock her unconscious. When that failed, he strangled her until she blacked out. He put her in a cardboard box, which he hid in the boiler room. He took the box out to his car, returned to the store to retrieve an incriminating pop can and children's book and stopped when he encountered a coworker at the door. He said he was going home sick. He drove to the house where he lived with his mother and stepfather in the 900 block of 3rd Av. NE. There, he undressed the girl and showered with her, fondling her. His parents, who were at the State Fair, returned several hours later. Before they arrived, he returned the dazed girl to the box, where he kept her in the basement until he took her out to sleep with him that night. The next day, a coworker called inquiring about Marques' disappearance, making Jolley jittery. He loaded the box into his car and drove to the Har Mar Mall in Roseville, where he withdrew some money from an automatic teller, partly to get a receipt that could serve as an alibi. He had intended to see a movie, but decided to leave after a man made some inquiries about his car in the parking lot and he began to suffer delusions that the man was an undercover police officer. He took the girl to his brother's apartment in the 5700 block of 34th Av. S. in Minneapolis, where he was house-sitting for the weekend. He put the box in the bathtub and collapsed in exhaustion. He woke at about 4 a.m., removed the box from the tub, filled it with water, then got in with Marques and drowned her by lying on top of her, submerging her head for about three minutes. He fondled her again, he testified. As Jolley described the drowning, Marques' mother, Elizabeth Marques, left the courtroom in tears. She later returned. The girl's father, Esteban Marques, also was present. Throughout the ordeal, Jolley said, the girl never spoke a word. He said he believes she was in shock. He put her clothes in one plastic bag, which he deposited in a dumpster, and her body in another, which he left in a wooded area in Lakeville along with rubber gloves he had worn. He scrubbed the shower, bathtub and his car with alcohol to remove any traces of evidence. Jolley became a suspect when he blurted out to a coworker that he had left the pop can and children's book in the basement. He confessed to police Sept. 3 and again on two other occasions. He admitted yesterday that he had fantasized about committing the perfect crime: "I had an idea of committing a perfect crime but it was not murder." www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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