Still a couple pages behind but wanted to get a couple thoughts in here.
Oh. Interesting about the bath salts. I thought all those stories were true.
I thought heroin just made people feel "good". Like they just sit there chilling out. We know he was using heroin.
I wonder what he took that made him paranoid and hallucinate that there were demons in her? Acid? This is Assuming the story of demons is true.....
I can see where it could be if he was on some crazy drug. I'm wondering so I can tell my teens that this man was on this drug when he punched a 2 year old to death in the belly because there were demons inside of her. Now he will live his miserable life in jail as a baby killer. You see kids, drugs are bad! Yes, I use fear as a tactic sometimes ��
Yes, heroin is a serious downer. Makes people feel "floaty", out of it, many nod off. If you've ever had to take Vicodin or Oxycodone after surgery or something, it'd be along those lines, but stronger. I wouldn't think that in itself would make someone flip out. However, if he was coming down and going into withdrawal and didn't have the means to get anything to ease the dope sickness, he would definitely be more irritable and likely to do something like this. Another idea is that a lot of people mix uppers and downers, so they'll do heroin, then do some coke or meth or something that will agitate them up, then feel too jittery, so do some more heroin, etc... that will mess them up too. So if it is drug related I'd say it was either from using another drug with the heroin (or without it for that matter, just not from the heroin itself) or from going into withdrawal from lack of heroin.
Yeah, I think so... or "rush hell" maybe!
Yes, it's rah-SHELL, many people spell it Rochelle, but my best friend in middle/high school was Rachelle, just like RB.
I didn't quote it but I also have to agree with a few other posts. The poster who said that a court order to not see the child is NOT the only excuse the dad would have to not be in his child's life. I too have known many guys who wanted to be a part of their child's life but were simply denied this, even though they had visitation in order. Sometimes they don't know what they can do. Some can't afford to do anything. Some are dealing with evil vindictive women (these are my known experiences only, I know it can be men doing this to a mother too) and just give up.
My grandfather was married to a woman like this, before my grandmother. She wouldn't let him see the kids. Lied to them. Threw away presents he sent and never told them. This was the 60s and guys didn't have as many rights as they do now. He tried so hard and this b**** turned those kids against them. And my grandpa paid her child support faithfully until they were 18 and her alimony until he died. This was old school and he sent a check every month, not just had money garnished whether he liked it or not. He did what he was supposed to do. Then she had the nerve to sue my grandmother for his pension and insurance when he died.
So anyway, it's possible that there are other reasons he didn't have a relationship with is daughter. RB sounds like she went through men like tissue (and reused them) so who knows what happened there.
The other thing I'm wondering about is the thing with the mom not knowing about Bella. Even if she was estranged from RB, RB's sister still knew Bella, did she never tell the mom about this? Not saying this in any way to berate RB's mom for not reporting this, I just find it hard to believe she didn't even know she existed, when RB was still in touch with some family. IDK. Just a thought.