Yeah...when a family tries to lock a family member up in an institution, they probably have insight to the family member’s troubles that others do not.
Just sayin’
The guy had been hospitalized in the past but when he became an adult it became almost impossible. Add the fact that he has a phD. and the courts will practically laugh in your face for suggesting that they could be mentally ill.
He killed the old woman with a hammer because she was spying on him and emanating rays at him. They found him wearing her clothes.