Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           CorneliaWilbur,worldfamousforhavingtreatedSybil,thewomanwithsixteenpersonalities,hadagreedtocomefromKentuckytoseeMilliganonMarch10.

           PreparingforDr.Wilbursvisit,DorothyTurnerandJudyStevensonassumedthetaskofconvincingArthur,Ragenandtheotherstoallowyetanotherpersontobetoldthesecret.Againtheywereforcedtospendhoursconvincingeachofthepersonalitiesoneatatatime.Theyhadbynowheardninenames—Arthur,Allen,Tommy,Ragen,David,Danny,Christopher,buttheyhadnotyetmetChristene,Christophersthree-year-oldsistei;nornadtheymettheoriginalorcoreperson,Billy,whomtheotherswerekeepingasleep.Whentheyfinallyreceivedpermissiontoletothersinonthesecret,theymadearrangementsforagroup,includingtheprosecutor,toobservethemeetingbetweenDr.WilburandMilliganattheFranklinCountyJail.

           JudyandGaryinterviewedMilligansmother,Dorothy,hisyoungersister,Kathy,andolderbrother,Jim,andthoughnoneofthemcouldprovidefirsthandknowledgeoftheabusesallegedbyBilly,themotherdescribedherownexperiencesofbeingbeatenbyChalmerMilligan.Teachers,friendsandrelativesdescribedBillyMilligansstrangebehavior,hisattemptsatsuicideandhistrancelikestates.

           JudyandGarywerecertaintheywerebuildingaconvincingcaseofadefendantwho—byalllegaltestsinOhio—wasincapableofstandingtrial.