‘Mad acts’ show killer was insane
`”Once the door closed, the nightmare began,” prosecutor Mike Wolfe said. According to him, Runge, 36, repeatedly raped Gutierrez as her daughter watched. He then moved on to Jessica. After cutting their throats, Runge threw paint thinner and a lighted match onto the bed to try to conceal his crime, prosecutors said.
Defense attorneys didn’t try to soften the monster image prosecutors painted. But attorney William Wolf said his client is insane and needs treatment.
“These are the mad acts of an insane, irrational, illogical mind,” Wolf said. He told jurors that within Runge’s brain, “The wiring is all wrong.”
All of that means Runge has “poor impulse control, poor planning and poor judgment.”‘
