https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2015/12/14/prosecutor-philip-chism-had-a-goal-in-brutal-murder-rape-of-teacher more details on the rape and murder of the teacher. He's not a bright boy. Too bad they didn't execute this bastard! FTA: Philip Chism wasn’t crazy when he killed Colleen Ritzer, the lead prosecutor in his murder trial told jurors Monday. He was focused and unwavering from his horrible plan to take what he wanted. “He had a goal,’’ Essex County Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall said. “A terrible, terrible purpose. And he played it out in the woods and he didn’t care what came after that.’’ Ritzer, who was 24 and in her second year teaching at Danvers High School when she died, was found outside the school nearly naked, legs propped up and spread, a tree branch inside her. The slash wounds on her neck were so deep, her vertebra was chipped. Over nearly 90 minutes Monday, just like they had in 13 days of testimony, jurors heard the competing views of who Chism was on Oct. 22, 2013, the day he killed, raped and robbed his math teacher. Was he a boy in the throes of psychosis, who couldn’t help but listen to the commanding voice in his head? Or is he a malicious, destructive teenager who is faking a mental illness only after getting caught? Here's the kicker.....His defense attorneys say he was psychotic. Why else would a kind, smart, good-natured 14-year-old commit these “terrible acts,’’ his attorney, Denise Regan asked.