[chimera]

I am just a layman, but from what I have read in young men this kind of progression (regression)often marks the onset of schizophrenia, which in males often manifests in the late teens and early 20s. From all accounts he had a pretty normal childhood and puberty, but something must have triggered the psychosis, if that is what it is, I don't know.

[libstripper]

I suspect you’re right. The thing that stands out is how quickly his mother identified him as the monster. The other thing is how he dropped out of the highly advanced, high pressure PHD honors program just after his orals. I suspect he had a well hidden, advancing mental illness that his family knew about and concealed, hoping it would get better. Horribly, tragically, it got worse, far worse. I also suspect there will be may years of litigation and no death sentence that’s ever executed.