A Tippecanoe County judge has sentenced Cody Cousins, the man convicted of killing fellow Purdue student Andrew Boldt in January, to 65 years in jail.
This afternoon's hearing lasted close to four hours and featured pointed testimony from both of Boldt's parents, both of whom glared at Cousins during their statements.
Boldt's mother Mary asked Cousins to tell her why he killed her son, but she couldn't have liked the answer when it came later in the hearing.
Cousins, in his statement to the court, said he killed Boldt "because I wanted to" and said he'd deal with the consequences later.
Cousins also said he'd lied to the court-appointed doctors who examined him about his mental health, adding that he made up stories about hallucinations.
Cousins did admit to a history of drug abuse and said he disagrees with his mother, a psychologist, about his mental state.
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A judge is hearing testimony this afternoon before the sentencing of 23-year-old Cody Cousins, who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting and stabbing a fellow teaching assistant on the Purdue University campus earlier this year.
Cousins is being sentenced today, but part of that process is a long list of witnesses, who, so far, have largely been testifying about Cousin's mental state.
Psychiatrist Vernon Little, who examined Cousins to determine his sanity on the day of the shooting, was one of the medical experts to take the stand.
He testified that Cousins is mentally unstable, saying, at the time of the shooting, Cousins was "well beyond personality disorder" and "chronically delusional."
Prosecutors downplayed that argument because they say Cousins was self-reporting his medication use.
As we've reported, Cousins said he was taking Depakote, which is typically used as a mood stabilizer and is approved for treatment of bipolar disorder, seizures, and migraines.
Other witnesses included members of the Purdue University Police Department, one of Cousin's professors and another Purdue University student.
