Case 314: Yarmila Falater
Update: 2025-04-12
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On a January night in 1997, Yarmila Falater was brutally stabbed and drowned in the family’s backyard pool. Her husband, Scott Falater, was caught red-handed, but claimed he had no memory of the crime. What followed was a high-profile trial that pitted science against suspicion, as experts debated whether Yarmila’s death was a tragic accident or deliberate murder.
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There is no way his calculated clean up of himself, his clothes and the murder weapon was part of sleepwalking. They mention stress as a trigger, but there is no bigger stress than a murder trial with the possibility of the death penalty, and a life long prison sentence. It would be interesting to see if the murder was his last violent sleepwalking episode in 22 years.
Just a real lack of accountability from him. I don’t really care if he was sleepwalking or not. His wife and mother of his two kids was still murdered by him.
why don't they discuss about possible motives for the murder??
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Ive had patients with REM behavior disorder ( RBD) who have acted out violently and could conceivably harm someone- but not in such a calculated way. They are usually dreaming of being attacked & act out defensively, I have never heard of anyone grabbing an object to defend with, and if so they would not be able to hide the weapon & then shower. With RBD the person is aware that they have done something, even if they are not sure what they have done. With sleep walking there is no recollection
I'm a polysomnographer & this sounds VERY suspicious. First of all, middle aged men are very unlikely to sleep walk as it occurs mostly in children. Sleep.walking occurs in stage 3 sleep & children's sleep cycles consist of about 50% stage 3 sleep. As you get older you have less and less stage 3- that is why kids who sleep walk grow out of it as the sleep cycles change. And sleep walkers would be incapable of hiding a weapon in a box , then showering, changing clothes & hiding them too No way.