Nobody “messed him up”. Serious mental illness has a biological basis and manifests itself at his age range.
Even though identified as a potential threat, there was no way to know when or where or even if he would actually go off.
Do you have a method for discovering and preventing thought-crime?
My understanding is that his age range is towards the end of the scale.
I say “they messed him up” is if he was over medicated. The brain snapped as a result.
Here’s my reasoning. That university interviews and does a background check etc before they accept a student. Only six students were accepted to that program. He was good enough initially for them to be accepted. Students have a mentor with whom they work closely. Maybe too closely, too controlling. My guess is Fenton was his mentor. She had a habit of dispensing “medication” freely. Stuff happens.
Anyway, it’s too soon to know anything. I’m sure the University will be doing a lot of covering up. They don’t want to lose grants.
I disagree. I recommend that you, and everyone read “My Brother’s Madness” by Paul Pines - an eloquent and heartbreaking book about his surviving a deeply disturbed family. His brother, who was younger, was driven mad. Biology had nothing to do with it.
“Do you have a method for discovering and preventing thought-crime?”
Well... I do open my mail on the day that it arrives.
LLS
Thank you!