Lilibet
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I can't remember if we've discussed it, but I get the schizophrenia vibe too. It commonly shows up in the early to mid 20's. My cousin (now 73) and a schoolmate of my daughter's (now 46) were diagnosed then. Their previously productive lives have never been the same. I don't think people with schizophrenia usually kill anyone...unless perhaps they get into heavy drug use, so his legal team would have an uphill battle with an insanity defense IMO, but I expect they will try...and perhaps pull it off.
https://psychcentral.com/blog/archi...hrenia-usually-strikes-first-in-young-adults/
Replying to my own post to link more info about schizophrenia that I posted today on another thread. A promising young man, recently graduated from Oberlin, killed his mother, grandparents and their caregiver with a baseball bat. His mother was worried enough about him to call LE, but before he could be evaluated this happened.
Although rare, if someone with schizophrenia murders, it's more likely to be family before diagnosis.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-8-Sept-2017-*Arrest*&p=13624724#post13624724
If MP suffers from mental illness, it's gone undiagnosed and/or untreated for quite awhile, I expect. While MP appears at this point to have aimed for an insanity defense with his actions, which would rule out an insanity defense IMO, he is clearly disturbed. I'm not ready to rule out schizophrenia yet, even if it has nothing to do with this murder. MP is a less sympathetic person than the young man Orion in the link, at least to me, but he still deserves fair treatment under the law, and treatment if he needs it. This is a tough case because emotions understandably run high.
JMO subject to change