"She walked up to the car window screaming and raising hell at me. I basically put the car in reverse and backed out and the next thing I know she's screaming like hell," Berman said in 2001. "It's not like I got her in my headlights and ran her down."
Court-appointed clinical psychologist, Joel Glassman, reported in December 1996 that both parents yelled, but only Berman would physically discipline the children and "frequently lost control of his temper." The older children reported seeing Berman attack the family pet when he was enraged.
