The scene was chaos, cordoned off with yellow tape – the site of a shocking assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk. But amidst the flurry of police activity, an unexpected figure calmly strolled into the heart of the investigation: a man in a white lab coat.
Russell Kim Kennington, a 38-year-old from Pleasant Grove, Utah, didn’t just slip past the police line; he crossed multiple layers of security, photographing and videoing critical evidence as if he had a right to be there. His subsequent arrest on suspicion of obstruction of justice only deepened the mystery surrounding his presence.
Kennington’s background is far from that of a random bystander. He’s a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) technician, working within the growing psychiatric and mental reprogramming industry in Utah. This isn’t simply a coincidence; it’s a connection that demands scrutiny.
Prior to his TMS work, Kennington served as an imaging clerk at Intermountain Healthcare and as a U.S. Army combat medic. This unique combination of medical, mental-health-adjacent, and technical skills makes his unauthorized entry into an active homicide scene profoundly unsettling.
TMS itself is a powerful, medically authorized brain stimulation treatment, utilizing strong electromagnetic pulses. While marketed as a solution for depression, its effectiveness remains under debate, and it carries inherent risks. It’s a procedure that alters brain activity, and Kennington’s expertise lies within this field.
This incident isn’t isolated. A disturbing pattern is emerging, where professionals from the psychiatric industry repeatedly appear at the edges of investigations involving violence and death. Simultaneously, there’s a consistent resistance to full transparency regarding psychiatric drug involvement in these cases.
Recent testimony during a Toxicology and Autopsy Transparency Act hearing revealed a psychiatrist actively promoting TMS opposing mandatory blood testing for psychiatric drugs in suspicious deaths. The message was clear: limit access to crucial information, even when public safety is at stake.
Time and again, the lives of those accused in shootings, assassinations, and attempted assassinations are interwoven with behavioral-health professionals and systems. This raises critical questions about the influence these institutions have on treatment decisions and the subsequent control of information.
The silence from Governor Cox and Sheriff Mike Smith regarding the security breach at the Kirk crime scene is deafening. Their lack of public updates only fuels speculation and raises concerns about their role in this unfolding political assassination investigation.
These aren’t simply ordinary individuals orbiting the accused; they are often “experts,” coordinators, and insiders deeply embedded within the systems that dictate treatment, documentation, and ultimately, what information is concealed.
The pattern is undeniable. Whether it’s a political assassination, a school shooting, or a contested custody death, the psychiatric industry consistently surfaces – in medical records, legislative chambers, and even within the families of those involved. Yet, obtaining basic facts remains a constant struggle.
Who crossed the police tape? What substances were present in the blood? Which drugs or treatments were administered? And who within the behavioral-health system possessed knowledge and responsibility? These are the questions the public deserves answered.
Psychiatry isn’t a neutral observer; it’s intrinsically linked to the systems that shape death investigations, dictate testing protocols, and control public access to information. When a TMS technician with prior Intermountain ties walks into a crime scene in a lab coat, it’s not a random event – it’s another piece of a deeply troubling puzzle.
The demand for answers is growing, fueled by a need for transparency and accountability. The public deserves to understand the connections, the influences, and the hidden patterns that lie beneath the surface of these tragic events.
