Colin Baker is a business consultant afflicted with "Havana syndrome", a reported epidemical condition he alleged made him kill Alexis Morphew.
History[]
Colin was married to a woman named Julia and had two children with her. In 2017, he was stationed in Cuba, where he reportedly contracted Havana syndrome. He would experience increasingly escalating and volatile symptoms, including migraines, insomnia, irritability, and instability. When returning to America, Colin was hired by Questarc, a technology brand, to assist the company in business deals based on its worth and consequentially needed investments. Because of Colin's diminished capacity, he overvalued the company's worth, which led to a rejection crucial deal to by Raystrux Engineering for 300 million dollars from Gus Imelski. Alexis, the CFO, was responsible for the final call and went off Colin's provided information.
When Colin realized his mistake, he personally went to Alexis' home to speak with her. Due to Colin's condition and fear of losing his life along with facing other penalties, he strangled Alexis to death in a nervous breakdown. He ended up with scratches in his arms when Alexis fought back, leaving Colin's blood and skin under her fingernails. When the previous deal negotiations were found out, Colin was tracked, unhinged from his headaches and lack of sleep. Scratches on his arms proved his guilt, and detectives arrested him.
Colin could barely keep himself standing at arraignment, and when he had a nervous breakdown when Gus was on the stand, the Havana syndrome defense was introduced. His brain damage was revealed on MRI scans, which opened the door for credibility. The prosecution tried to allege Colin wanted to make partner and protect himself, but his wife testified to his symptoms, as well as Colin refusing to get help and hoping to continue working despite her being a pediatrician and seeing obvious health problems. When Colin was on the stand testifying, he was challenged about his motives and his ineptness in entrepreneurship. Colin cried over being too confused and amnesic to recall the murder.
The jury acquitted Colin on the grounds of mental disease or defect. Colin was released on his own recognizance while awaiting sentencing. (L&O: "Severance")