The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is headed to trial.
Jury selection in Rockefeller's kidnapping trial begins Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court.
Rockefeller, whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (GAYR'-hahrtz-ry-tur), is accused of fleeing with his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last July. He and the girl were found six days later in Baltimore. She was unharmed.
Gerhartsreiter's attorneys are planning an insanity defense, saying he is not criminally responsible because of psychological problems that include bipolar disorder and depression.
Prosecutors say he is perfectly sane. They describe him as a longtime con man who carefully planned the kidnapping months in advance.
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