Robert Lewis Dear
The motive for last Friday's shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado will remain a mystery for the foreseeable future.
Prosecutors in Colorado Springs, Colorado, convinced Judge Stephen J. Sletta last Friday to seal records related to Robert Lewis Dear, 57, who is accused of killing three and wounding nine others during a hours-long rampage Nov. 27. The order was made public Monday afternoon.
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Dear, who faces first-degree murder charges, made his first court appearance via a video feed from an El Paso County Jail on Monday. Public defender Daniel King, who represented Colorado theater shooter James Holmes, will act as Dear's attorney.
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Prosecutors argued that revealing the suspect's alleged motives would jeopardize their ongoing investigation. The records will remain sealed until the case is terminated or a new order is issued by the court, CBS News reported Monday.
"No questions," was Dear's reply when asked by Chief District Judge Gilbert Martinez if he understood his rights, the Associated Press reported.
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The only public clues as to what Dear was thinking when he was arrested Friday comes from officers who claim he said, "No more baby parts."
Family members and acquaintances of Dear, who is actually a resident of South Carolina, have described him as "weird" and "unpredictable," CBS reported. Dear's voter registration has him listed as a woman.
A source close to the FBI's investigation into Dear's background told the network he was estranged from most of his family.
"When I stared at him, I saw this stone-cold emptiness, and I look right at him, and then, you know, he shot," Ozy Licano, 61, of Manzanola, Colorado, told the network of his encounter with Dear. Licano managed to escape unscathed.
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Official charges against Dear will be announced Dec. 9.
