As I said, ‘for whatever reason’. This is one of the parts of his story that sounds a lot like the MKcMartin case. While there is no information on his recollection of the case, one way or the other, this has the smell of a ‘recovered memory’ type fiction.
The statements from Lindner’s own brother and sister would seem to lend a great deal of credibility.
Something so horrible, I’m sure he tried very hard as a young kid to suppress the torture. Who wouldn’t.