Shooter Thought Darien Triple Murder Was A Dream

Although three people lay dead at the hands of Jacob Nodarse in 2010, at one point he didn't believe it actually happened.

Nodarse on Friday said he was so anxious and under the influence of drugs on March 2, 2010 that he didn't think his fatal shootings of the Kramers was real, the Daily Herald reports. Nodarse was on the witness stand for most of Friday as the first full week of the Johnny Borizov trial came to a close.

Nodarse was already convicted in the killings, but Borizov was also charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation of murder. The state argues that Borizov came up with the plan to kill his ex-girlfriend Angela Kramer and her family. Kramer survived but her mother, father and younger brother did not.

Attorneys repeatedly asked Nodarse if his actions that night were his own. Did he break the window of the Kramer family home? Yes. Did he pull the trigger on the murder weapon multiple times? Yes.

At the time of the shootings, Nodarse said that he was under the influence of drugs, including vicodin, and hadn't slept in a few days because he was anxious.

"My mind registered it the way your mind registers a nightmare," the Chicago Tribune quoted Nodarse as saying about the fatal shootings.

He said he did not believe that the killings were real until he was driving away from Darien and heading to his parent’s house in Florida. He alternated between a dream state and then sheer panic about shooting the Kramers, the Daily Herald's story said.

Assistant DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Ruggiero objected throughout the defense's questioning multiple times on relevance and what he said were repeated questions. Nodarse was willing to answer most things, sometimes going beyond a few words even though he was instructed to answer just "yes" or "no" in a few instances.

At times Nodarse seemed irritated with Defense Attorney Richard Kling's questioning. His mannerisms were visible from across the courtroom as he thought back to the days after the murders and multiple interviews conducted with investigators.

The trial continues April 30 with more testimony from Nodarse.

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