no verdict in the case of philip chisim. they cot the case this afternoon -- they got the case this afternoon and had some complicated issues to sort through. let's go now live to rhondella richardson. reporter: they have three hours of deliberations under their belt. they have gone home for the day, but they have aggravated rape, murder and armed robbery and there is the possibility of not guilty by reason of insanity. >> this is the woman who was wounded in the woods and not a mentally ill child. it was not someone powerless to voices in his head. psychotic episode. he was under the command of those hallucinations. reporter: it has been an emotional three-month trial of the murder of the popular high school math teacher, colleen ritzer. closing arguments at times too much for the victim's mother. >> she is lying on her back and carving away at her neck. >> he was not himself. >> i am not going to stand here and tell you there is something wrong with philip chisim. how could i? philip chisim was not suffering from a mental

reporter: philip chisim is excused from the afternoon session of his murder trial and choosing not to confer with his attorneys on the soon to come closing arguments. >> have i asked you mig at all that confused you? >> the teen's clarity of mind the day of the murder is at issue. a psychiatrist said he hears voices. dudley says he is remorseful. two years ago he stabbed, robbed and raped his 24-year-old danverse high school math teacher. >> not really understanding that the voices were an illness and not being able to manage it and being helpless in response to the voices and how that resulted in behaviors that were really not him. >> prosecutors asked how a mentally ill chisim could be so methodical about murder. was he insane or faking psychosis? the central theme along with past trauma in chisim's life. >> when questioned about the trauma, he said i won't talk about it. >> i won't talk about it? >> i can't talk about it. >> later he said he was told not to talk about what happened in the past. testimony resumes at 9:00 a.m. rhondella richardson, wcvb, newscenter 5. heather:the mas