Locally (Cape Girardeau, MO) three 18-year-olds have been arrested for murder. They are high school senior age and they are facing a long time in prison. If they graduated, their pictures might look a lot like Alex’s. I have to wonder, how and why did their lives go so wrong? Something is seriously wrong and needs to be fixed. But it seems were not even supposed to bring the subject up.
Some folks are just evil.
That said, bad family and cultural influences can take a borderline sociopath and push them into criminality.