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Arizona man who killed at least 6 targeted experts who handled his divorce

Nearly a decade ago, after Dwight Lamon Jones threatened to drown his wife, a psychiatrist made a blunt assessment of his mental health as part of a divorce proceeding.

Without psychiatric help, Jones "is going to continue to unravel," the doctor, Steven Pitt, testified, according to a 2010 court document from the divorce. "He will become increasingly paranoid, likely psychotic, and pose an even greater risk for perpetrating violence."

That prediction came true. On Thursday evening, Jones embarked on a four-day killing rampage in and around Phoenix

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