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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he was upset about his mother’s treatment, why did he cut off contact leaving her to file a missing person report?[/quote]

People are asking all these questions like he’s a sane rational actor.  He is not.  It is very sad.  Everyone is talking about it because it happened to be UHC that his paranoia focused on.  It could have been someone at his surf coop, or the head of his former employer, or a piliitican.  But it obviously says something about where Americans are with healthcare that they are building this Robin Hood narrative around him.[/quote]

Agree. 
The biases are rampant.

#1 thing when dealing with a mentally ill person is not to assume normal, rationale motives. Or sometimes any motive.

Wait for the “voices told me to do it” defense. [/quote]

Since when did murder = mental illness? Humans have been killing each other without being mentally-ill since Cain killed Able. If you're Christian, then you believe that in God's eye, there is no valid reason for murder. But that doesn't mean that people can't have internally rational motives for murder. Luigi's reasons are internally consistent: mental illness is not needed to explain them. [/quote]

Murder doesn’t always = mental illness but in this case the facts are highly suggestive of mental illness. Everyone that knew him (friends, colleagues, teachers, classmates) have said his actions and beliefs are completely opposite of the young man they knew. He did not have the personality or history of a person that would withdraw from family, friends, and society. Those are clear signs of mental illness, particularly schizophrenia and depression. When you add in the medical issues and pain, it’s another huge contributor of a mental break. I have seen this pattern in two different family members that suffered from schizophrenia. One withdrew from family and friends (no one knew their whereabouts for months) and then committed a violent crime (the voices instructed the person to do it). The other suffered pain and medical problems for years that spiraled into untreated depression and then psychosis. Neither recognized their illness and would say there was nothing wrong with them. That is a symptom of the illness. 
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He might be mentally ill but he understood that it would be illegal to go after the CEO. He can stand trial. [/quote]

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