According to the report, Cole claims Tiede suffered childhood abuse from a family member as a teen, which could have contributed to his violent actions against Nugent. Cole arranged for Tiede to meet with a psychiatrist, who found in his report written in December that Bernie had been an "exemplary prisoner since his 1997 arrest," including teaching health courses to other inmates, attending weekly chapel service and obtaining his paralegal certificate though online courses. That psychiatrist also found that "it is extremely unlikely that…Mr. Tiede would ever commit any similar act in the future."