I am convinced that Cruz was a fetal alcohol syndrome baby. He, like many others afflicted with this life sentence, was a broken egg from day 1. It is not just alcohol abuse - meth abuse is rampant now and the inner city was afflicted with the wave of crack addicted babies. The statistics are frightening and should cause far more focus on pre-natal care and monitoring when appropriate. On top of the damage done by chemistry to a developing embryo, we also do not understand the impact of using psychotropic drugs on developing children that also appears to have high risks.
Society does not account for the costs of substance abuse during pregnancy in the damage (statistically proven to be very significant) that is done to the baby. This damage manifests itself as educational delays, a lack of empathy,, psychosis, and many other debilitating mental conditions.
There are many factors that contribute to such a tragic outcome, but unfortunately the political debate tends to focus on firearms without realizing the underlying cause of the true weapon - a broken human being who be incapable of fully developing emotionally because their brain is damaged. Our current political construct and a dishonest media prevent us from having a deeper conversation about the underlying causes.
And in turn why are people escaping into drugs? Could it be because of other hell on earth?
Welcoming God back into lives is the only answer.
He does look like he is fetal alcohol syndrome. I have met a woman who fosters children like that and children who have murdered. Cruz will be tried as an adult but there are children who kill at a much earlier age. She talked about having to lock their doors and lock her door.