However, this guy is not right mentally/emotionally. Supposedly, he recently witnessed, up close and personal, the deaths of two people in separate instances, one was a friend and those events apparently messed him up. He has been seen by family talking to his now dead friend as though he is still alive and those close to him were concerned well before this happened.
Doesn't make it right and of course I'm not defending him, but this looks like a real insanity case.
So...I'm just saying that from what I read, this guy is not right in his head and he needs help more than condemnation.
Yet, the article says, "About a half hour later, Thomas returned without the boy and ran away when his relatives asked about the boy."
Generally, insanity applies when the perpetrator's grasp of reality is such that they are truly unaware of their wrongdoing. People who are unaware of having done something wrong seldom run away.
Well, in any case, I bet the kid, who did survive according to the article, will be pretty traumatized every time he sees fireworks or when New Year’s rolls around, huh?
