# MPD:  The strange case of William Bergen Greene--what eventually happened?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpd-the-strange-case-of-william-bergen-greene-what-eventually-happened/304899 "2005-05-21T22:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpd-the-strange-case-of-william-bergen-greene-what-eventually-happened/304899/1 "2005-05-21T22:12:06Z")

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I posted a question about this case some years ago, but didn’t get an answer. Here’s [a link](http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=95000616) to the “latest” info I could find.

Long and short: William Bergen Greene’s conviction was overturned by Federal Judge Marsha Pechman, after having been upheld by the Washington State Supeme Court. Apparently she thought that his Multiple Personality Disorder defense was not treated with enough seriousness–although I confess I have not read her actual opinion on why she overturned it.

It’s been several years–any news??? I tried looking myself, but the was the most up-to-date info I could find.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpd-the-strange-case-of-william-bergen-greene-what-eventually-happened/304899/2 "2005-05-21T22:58:21Z")

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I surmise he lost.

And he just got a second life sentence for another crime.

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> Inmate convicted of 1979 murder; Woman slain on Capitol Hill - Greene faces additional life term,” The Seattle Times February 3, 2005.William Bergen Greene, 49, was convicted for the 1979 slaying of Sylvia Durante. The conviction was made after Seattle cold-case detectives submitted samples from Durante’s body to the state crime lab which linked to Greene.

From [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:rn9i2bh29EIJ:www.aslme.org/dna\_04/news/2005/1-28--2-3.pdf+"william+bergen+greene"&hl=en](http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:rn9i2bh29EIJ:www.aslme.org/dna_04/news/2005/1-28--2-3.pdf+%22william+bergen+greene%22&hl=en)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpd-the-strange-case-of-william-bergen-greene-what-eventually-happened/304899/3 "2005-05-21T23:01:00Z")

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[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002197736\_greene05m.html](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002197736_greene05m.html)

is actually a better link.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpd-the-strange-case-of-william-bergen-greene-what-eventually-happened/304899/4 "2005-05-22T01:18:47Z")

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Thanks a bunch!