The Lohstroh Case: Alienating Mother Pushes
10 Year-Old Boy to Kill Father
In one of the most shocking
murders in recent history, a 10 year old boy caught in his mother's
vicious alienation campaign shot his father in the back after
his father came to pick him up as part of his post-divorce shared
custody arrangement.
Judy Jones, a long time friend
of the victim, Dr. Rick Lohstroh, an emergency physician at
the University of Texas, has set up a
website in his memory.
According to Jones:
"[Rick was] a very loving and
devoted father. He was a compassionate man who devoted his life
to saving the lives of others....he had been through a very
contentious divorce with his ex-wife, Deborah Geisler, who had
made allegations of physical and sexual abuse. Those abuse allegations
had been proven false by several police departments, CPS, and
a voluntary lie detector test taken by Dr. Lohstroh.
"On August 27th, 2004...Dr.
Lohstroh arrived at the home and his 10 year old son came out
of the house with a backpack and got in the back seat of his
father's SUV. The boy pulled a .40 caliber hand gun from his
backpack and shot Dr. Lohstroh in the back through the driver's
seat. The boy reportedly went back to the house to tell his
mother that he "couldn't hear." Upon hearing this complaint
Deborah sent the child with the gun still in hand back out to
his father's car. The boy emptied the rest of the rounds in
the gun, then came back inside and handed the gun to Deborah.
"Although Deborah is a registered
nurse she did not attempt to render aid to her son's father
as he sat dying in his SUV in their front yard. It is believed
by many that Deborah's alienating behavior and manipulation
was a planned attack that led to the death of Dr. Rick Lohstroh.
"Deborah's own mother and brother
testified against her in court, saying that Deborah was a manipulative
liar. On many occasions Deborah was issued citations and jailed
for domestic violence. Deborah's endless harassment of Dr. Lohstroh
was so overwhelming to the children's teachers that the principal
of the school had to step in and ask that Deborah not make any
more remarks about the children's father."
Jones and
Dr. Reena Sommer, Ph.D., who testified in the Lohstroh case,
joined Glenn on His Side with Glenn Sacks on
October 31.
To learn more about the
Lohstroh case, Parental
Alienation Syndrome and false allegations of domestic violence
and sexual abuse, see:
To learn more about the highly-publicized
Bridget Marks False Allegations/Parental Alienation case, see:
