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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He has had a few psychiatrist inpatient admissions. Seems the manifesto is parts of his real life mixed in with fiction. [/quote]

There was more than just the manifesto/memoir/work of fiction. There were Google searches and the purchase of a BB gun. [/quote]

According to him the manifesto was actually a book draft and the google searches were research for the book.

I didn't see anything about a BB gun but if he actually was planning to try to be a mass murderer or serial killer, a BB gun doesn't seem like a good choice.

It will be interesting to see where this goes given the mental health issues and fiction / non fiction aspects of the book / manifesto / plan.

He is facing ten years in prison given the charges. A long time for an 18 year old and even longer / more isolating given he is biologically female - probably would mean segregation or protective custody.[/quote]

I also find it disturbing that people would defend the behavior by calling it a work of fiction. I mean, we have parents in this country who are serving prison sentences in connection with disturbing writings that were labeled works of fiction so we know the consequences of calling it wrong.  I’m not saying it’s not a possibility, but the level of doubt expressed about the arrest is disturbing.

I think it’s pretty tragic that an 18 year old whose parents, the medical system and the school district seemingly worked hard to help is at the point where the future might realistically be a sentence of more than half of the life of this teen will be spent in prison.  But the real scary thing is that despite a community of resources being poured into this teenager, this is where he is.  It’s scary that we don’t know how to successfully treat some mental illness and that means that innocent people surrounding those whose conditions are intractable are vulnerable.  It makes me really sad for the family - I can’t imagine their pain, but I am glad for them that it was discovered because their pain could be far worse. [/quote]

I did not defend him or express doubt about his arrest. I posted some bits of information I had seen about the case.  The bits about there being fiction in the manifesto did not only come from him but from others who had read it. Maybe they are wrong and it is just a well thought out and laid out plan of attack, I don't know. I was just posting what I had seen. And I have read the works of others with mental health issues - they do often ramble and include non factual information so when I read that his had fictional content within it, that didn't strike me as impossible at all. Others of you seem to have far more insider information and already know what was written and his state of mind and his intentions and what exactly happened so I will leave it to you to discuss. I am not an insider expert, just someone who read some articles online and found it interesting.
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