People who knew Laurel Elizabeth Harper, 64, a certified nurse practitioner, said she and her son Chris were very close and spend a lot of time together. Laurel has been described as an overprotective mother who would frequently call her son ‘baby’ despite the fact that he was an adult, and would get involved in disputes over loud noises and at one point a cockroach infestation she said was keeping her son awake at night. Laurel Harper claimed she worked at the ABC family.
Chris Harper Mercer’s father Ian Mercer a Briton remarried after he and Laurel Harper got divorce in 2006 and were living with his second wife and Chris Harper Mercer’s step-siblings in Tarzana, California. Chris Mercer’s stepsister Carmen Nesnick said she last saw Chris Mercer a year ago, when asked about his behavior Nesnick said he was supportive and loving, not a religious guy but anti-religious either, she and her family are Christians.