I have not looked into this in-depth but there seems to be a common denominator with these shooters of a missing father. Either the father is dead, disengaged or divorced from the mother. Children need a strong father figure in their lives but because this does not fit the Leftist narrative, it never gets talked about.
A generation ago, the child was being raised by a grandmother. Today most of these *grands* have passed away
Dad in not in the picture; the mom is in prison.
There’s a chance the child i being raised by a sibling, who is 18 y/o+