So does anyone know the root cause of all of this?
The root cause is nobody acknowledges that mental illness sometimes reaching a dangerous psychosis is a fact of life greater than a family alone can handle. It must at times be treated with involuntary commitment in a treatment facility and not the county lockup, which is our only option in this day and age.
Think of it this way - Cree Deeds did not want to take the possible political hit of a close family member going to the jail. Some people absolutely recoil at even the consideration of jail as a solution. Mr. Deeds could not get his son into a hospital, so he took him home. Now He’s dead, when he just should have been treated. Legally speaking nobody is at fault. There lies the problem.
Sad story, on many levels. The parent's divorced in 2010, after Creigh's failed run at Governor. (From the article...He and his wife of two decades, Pam, divorced in February 2010 after the embarrassing loss turned him into a punchline in some political circles.) He recently remarried (2012).
A lot to have happen to a 24 year old...or anyone at any age.