Billy Milligan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Billy Milligan

First suspect acquitted by reason of multiple personality disorder.

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1955

Place of Birth: Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 13-Dec-2014

Profession: film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

William Stanley Milligan (February 14, 1955 – December 12, 2014) was an American citizen who was the subject of a highly publicized court case in Ohio in the late 1970s.
After having committed several felonies including armed robbery, he was arrested for three rapes on the campus of Ohio State University.
In the course of preparing his defense, psychologists diagnosed Milligan with multiple personality disorder.
His lawyers pleaded insanity, claiming that two of his alternate personalities committed the crimes without Milligan being aware of it.
He was the first person diagnosed with multiple personality disorder to raise such a defense, and the first acquitted of a major crime for this reason, instead spending a decade in mental hospitals. Milligan's life story was popularized by Daniel Keyes's award-winning non-fiction novel The Minds of Billy Milligan.