Psychiatrist says Kahler was 'severely mentally impaired' when shooting occurred

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | 8:59 p.m. CDT; updated 6:38 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, August 24, 2011

LYNDON, Kan. — A psychiatrist who examined him in the months after his arrest testified Tuesday that James Kraig Kahler was severely depressed and was "under the umbrella of being severely mentally impaired" when he arrived at Dorothy Wight's Burlingame, Kan., home the night of the shootings.

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