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In reply to the discussion: Asperger’s/Mental Illness/Gun control are Red Herrings? Adam was taking controversial drug FANAPT [View all]femrap
(13,418 posts)schizophrenia! Adam was at the perfect age (late teens and early 20's) for the disease to strike. Obviously he had other mental and emotional problems for most of his life.
I just wonder if he had the genetic marker for schizophrenia as well.
When my cousin first displayed the disease, he heard voices telling him that a young woman had been raped and he had to beat the hell out of these 2 dudes....which he tried to do. That is when he was diagnosed. Maybe Adam told no one of the voices?
Maybe Adam NEVER showed any signs of violence in his life. But with schizophrenia, the voices are real and one feels a compulsion to do as they say.
I don't know if a DNA test could determine schizophrenia in Adam.
We'll probably never know what happened to this family. But the mother and father were married for 28 years until 3 years ago. The father makes very big $$$$ working for GE Capital in taxes. The mother had been awarded over $250,000 in alimony last year.
Given that the median income in Newtown is over $100,000, I am sure very little in the way of crime occurs there. I hope a more seasoned law enforcement agency takes over the investigation.
It appears that Dad can buy privacy and isn't saying much.