Article: GABRIEL FEARED MORE SEXUAL ABUSE, WITNESS SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer

TROY -- Murder suspect Duane Gabriel viewed the taunting and possibly intoxicated Robert Hathaway as his own abusive father when he shot him and his teenage son to death two years ago, a psychologist testified Wednesday in Rensselaer County Court.

James Thalmann said Hathaway, 47, constantly taunted Gabriel for his past sexual abuse, and Gabriel took the taunts as a sign that he was about to be abused again.

Gabriel, now 19, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and was extremely emotionally disturbed when he pumped five shots from a rifle into Hathaway and then killed 17-year-old Michael Hathaway with ...

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