GrainneDhu
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JW was "obsessed" with stopping the building of the house across the street:
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110109/NEWS01/101090356
His cell phone was found inside that home:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/08/earlyshow/saturday/main7225804.shtml
John Wheeler may have been obsessed with the house under construction but it sounded to me like he had lots of support from the neighbours in fighting it. I read a bunch of quotes from people living in the neighbourhood who referred to that particular house as "a monstrosity," "far too big for the lot or the neighbourhood," "really, really inappropriate for this area," etc.
I suspect that rather than Mr Wheeler being solely obsessed with the house, it was at least in part a matter of a group of people egging on the one who had the resources (financial and emotional) to fight it.
So, I'm thinking that the fight against the house was not a symptom of any sort of mental decline.
One very common response to a brain injury (such as concussion or a stroke) is increased irritability or aggression. My theory is that something happened to give Mr Wheeler a brain injury and he then the increased irritability or aggression on the house under construction.
The fact that he could have constructed more effective explosive devices also makes me think he was operating under some kind of diminished mental capacity.