Lawrence Journal-World 08-31-14

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SUNDAY • AUGUST 31 • 2014

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DIFFICULT CASE Cycle of psychosis gripped woman accused in East Lawrence homicide “

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It’s a Catch-22. You need help to feel better, but you have to feel better to get help.�

ANGELICA KULP, ABOVE, IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER in the death of Christine Kaplan, whose body was found July 26 at her house, seen at right, in the 1100 block of New York Street. By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

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ngelica Kulp filed through the greeting line after a Sunday service at First United Methodist Church in early July. Associate Pastor Kathy Williams, new to the downtown church, said Kulp was friendly, shared her name and returned to hug her more than once, the way children sometimes do. A few weeks later, Kulp appeared in the church office with her long hair shorn off and not making sense throughout a lengthy conversation with Williams. A few days after that, Williams encountered a disheveled Kulp on the sidewalk outside the church, walking slowly with her head down and “darkness� in her eyes. “When I tried to engage her, she didn’t even acknowledge me,� Williams said. “She walked past me like I wasn’t even there.� The next time Williams saw Kulp was in the newspaper. Kulp is being charged with firstdegree murder in the death of Christine

— Jim Kytasaari, of Lawrence, has been diagnosed as type 1 bipolar with psychotic features

Living with mental illness a battle on many fronts By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

Angelica Kulp had resources to manage her severe mental illness. But prescriptions, an income and support from others were not enough to prevent her recurring psy-

chotic breaks, acquaintances said. Kulp is now in jail, charged with murder in Lawrence’s latest homicide. What Kulp needed was quality, long-term inpatient care — a place that had money for the type of medication that worked for her, time for therapy to negate dysfunctional

thinking entrenched by years of living with schizophrenia, and structure to ensure she did not stray from either, her landlord, Brian Blevins, said. In Lawrence, home to many other people struggling to manage debilitating Please see ILLNESS, page 7A

Please see PSYCHOSIS, page 6A

A fine career: You be the judge

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JUDGE MICHAEL MALONE, center, was honored Friday at the Douglas County Courthouse. Watch the video at LJWorld.com.

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ou know there were a couple of older judges in the Douglas County Courthouse who were smiling about this one. It was the summer of 1982, and they had just assigned the first case for newly appointed Douglas County District Court Judge Michael Malone to hear. A real barnburner of a dispute between the giant utility Southwestern Bell and the city of Lawrence over whether the city had improperly cut into one of the telephone company’s cables. Sounds

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Today’s forecast, page 6B

Please see JUDGE, page 2A

INSIDE Arts&Entertainment 1C-6C Events listings Books 4C Horoscope Classified 1D-10D Movies Deaths 2A Opinion

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about right: Give the new guy the case that features litigants who don’t just have lawyers but have their own legal departments. Michael Malone was all of 34 years old when he sat behind that bench. He still remembers the thought he couldn’t get out of his mind. “I had better do this right.� On Friday, he did it for the last time. Well, sort of. Malone retired as a full-time judge in the Douglas County District Court,

2B, 6C Puzzles 9D Sports 2C Television 11A

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Figuring it out

Lawhorn’s Lawrence

Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Vol.156/No.243 34 pages

Meet artists Tonja Torgerson and Gunyoung Kim, whose work explores the human body in its many forms. Page 1C

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Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma: A Story of Hope Thurs, Sept. 11 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Exhibits & Reception: 5:30-6:30 pm & Program: 6:30-8:30 pm Shari Soule, MD, and Julie Tuley, RN, BSN, OCN, from LMH Oncology Center and Ajay Tejwani, MD, from Lawrence Cancer Center will discuss diagnosis and treatment options for common blood cancers. Rod Barnes, MD, of Lawrence Family Medicine and Obstetrics, will share his journey as a cancer survivor. Co-sponsored by LMH and the Mario’s Closet Committee. Free.

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