Bruce D. Perry is an American psychiatrist, currently the senior fellow of the Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
[1] Perry has served as a consultant and expert witness on many high-profile incidents involving traumatized children, including the Columbine High School massacre, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Waco siege, and the YFZ Ranch custody cases.
[2] His clinical research and practice focus on examining the long-term effects of trauma in children, adolescents, and adults and have been instrumental in describing how traumatic events in childhood change the biology of the brain.
[7] In 2018, Stephen Crawford, a former campus security guard, previously described as having passed a lie detector test (while a 2018 article says he did not take one) and having fingerprints not matching those on the candle, was reportedly identified as the perpetrator based on a sample of DNA taken from his clothing.
Crawford died of a gunshot wound, reportedly self-inflicted, when the police came to his apartment to serve a search warrant.