Psychology Prof Murdered His Family: Career Unaffected
James St. James of Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois didn’t bomb NYPD headquarters, the Capitol, and the Pentagon or mentor Barack Hussein Obama like prominent education profession Bill Ayers, but his history comes close:
Last week a Texas newspaper reported that psychology Professor James St. James shot and killed his father, mother and teenage sister in 1967. He was 15-years-old at the time.
St. James was found not guilty by reason of insanity and ordered to be institutionalized until he was found to be sane.
Six years later, he was released.
Today, he’s been a well-respected and award-winning professor.
The esteemed professor, who is chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences, shot his father in the chest, his mother and sister in the face. But it’s nothing to get all judgmental about. On the contrary, students and educrats ooze with sympathy for him.
Millikin University released a statement praising St. James’ efforts to rebuild his life after his traumatic childhood.
The poor child was left an orphan.
If only Adam Lanza hadn’t turned the gun on himself, a promising career in academia would have awaited him.
Now if St. James had used the N-word…
Future psychology prof James St. James after killing his family.
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Beloved psychology professor outed as killer who murdered his family as a teen and was locked up for just 6 years after being found INSANEOn August 4, 1967, 15-year-old James Wolcott shot dead his parents and 17-year-old sister with .22-caliber rifleWolcott admitted to the crimes, saying that he hated his mother because he chewed food loudly and his sister because she had a bad accentDoctors diagnosed Wolcott with paranoid schizophrenia made worse by his addiction to airplane glue
Six years later, Wolcott was released from mental hospital after being declared sane
Changed his name to James St James in 1976 and went on to earn Master's degree and PhDBy Snejana Farberov
PUBLISHED: 22:58 EST, 2 August 2013
A beloved 61-year-old psychology professor has been outed as a killer who murdered his family as a teenager and was committed to a mental hospital for only six years after being found insane.
The bespectacled, mustachioed chairman of Millikin University’s department of behavior sciences in Illinois has been identified by a reporter from the Texas newspaper The Georgetown Advocate as James Wolcott, who murdered his parents and older sister in cold blood when he was 15 years old.
Following the gristly murders, Wolcott had been found not guilty by reason of insanity. After spending six years in a psychiatric institution, he disappeared.
Now and then: Dr. James St James is a well-respected psychology professor in downstate Illinois, has been identified as James Wolcott, who murdered his parents in sister in 1967 when he was 15 years old
 Academic haven: St James has been teaching psychology at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, since 1976
Wolcott later legally changed his name and went on to earn several degrees in psychology and start a new life in academia.
St James' outing as a man who committed triple homicide 46 years ago shocked the community of Millikin University - a Presbyterian school in Decatur with 2,380 students - but his colleagues and students have since come out in support of the professor.
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As The Georgetown Advocate's investigation has revealed, in the 1960s, James Wolcott, a brilliant student and accomplished musician, lived in Georgetown, Texas – a small suburb of Austin - with his father, Dr Gordon Wolcott, a biology professor at Southwestern University, his mother, Elizabeth, and his older sister, Libby.
 Terrifying: The large black velvet wall covering in Wolcott's boyhood room was painted with a skeletal face that seemed to stare at the viewer from the depths behind the wall
On the night of August 4, 1967, the 15-year-old got high on airplane glue, grabbed a .22-caliber rifle, walked into the living room where his father was reading and shot him in the chest.
Wolcott then walked into the room of his 17-year-old sister and shot her in the chest and face.
The bloody rampage, which Wolcott had apparently planned a week prior, concluded with the teenager shooting his mother and leaving her for dead.
With his entire family shot, Wolcott stashed the rifle and ran outside, crying and asking passersby for help because someone had just killed his family.
James appeared distraught and hysterical when police arrived, but when he was interview by a ranger, he confessed to the murders, describing each killing in detail.
By way of a motive, the 15-year-old told investigators that he ‘hated’ his family.
Wolcott was arrested and booked into the Williamson County Jail. His murder trial got under way in October 1967. The defendant, now 16 years old, was found to be competent to stand trial as an adult.
Wolcott's defense was that he had known for a while that he was suffering from mental illness, which was made worse by his addiction to airplane glue. Doctors later diagnosed his condition as paranoid schizophrenia.
Depositions presented during the trial showed that James believed that his family were trying to drive him mad, or destroy him.
During his psychological evaluation, the teen stated that his mother chewed her food too loudly and that his sister had a really bad accent. In his talks with a classmate, James also mentioned that his father would complain about his long hair and would not let him go to a peace rally or wear anti-Vietnam buttons.
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Now a free man, Wolcott inherited his slain parents' estate and received a monthly stipend from his father's pension fund. Two years later, James Wolcott legally changed his name to James St James and vanished.
With an IQ of at least 134, James St James went on to earn a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and eventually a PhD in 1988.
Dr St James joined the faculty of Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. In 1997, the tenured psychology professor received a teaching award and later was offered the position of chairman at the department of behavior sciences.
Those who know the well-respected educator still sporting a hippie ponytail on campus say that his students consider St James 'cool,'and his classes get excellent reviews on social media sites.
 Face to face: A reporter from The Georgetown Advocate is seen meeting with the popular psychology professor to interview him about his dark past
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