This this. I am struggling with this especially. There's often a celebratory feel when a POI/suspect is caught, but I feel so much more conflicted. On one hand you have the Bucks 4 and their families. What unimaginable pain and suffering. My heart breaks for them. And then you have CD, possibly living with schizophrenia, definitely living with some other stuff related to a severe brain injury. If he is directly or indirectly involved in the disappearances, he absolutely must pay the consequences and serve his time and get the help he needs. If by some odd chance he is not, or is a small cog in a larger, more sinister wheel, his life is still ruined. Everybody loses in this tragedy, and not just the people listed above--it's far reaching and profound.
It's all so sad.
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The lives of four innocent young men and their families may also be ruined. permanently.
Schizophrenia is a terrible mental illness, but this young man has access to all the resources he needs to fight the illness along with a wealthy support system. If guilty, it appears his crimes were committed with planning and forethought. He probably had many opportunities to stop and tell his parents and health care providers about his thoughts and actions. His parents could then have asked for a change in his medication or another hospitalization in order to stabilize his condition.
He was functioning well enough to drive a car around, converse coherently, meet with people, carry on his daily life. Sounds like he was at a place where he was capable of not carrying out his plans, turning his guns over to his parents or LE.
I wonder if he was compliant in taking his medication? Was there someone supervising him to make sure he did? Was there someone making sure he didn't have access to guns?