Police affidavit offers chilling details of teacher's slaying

[bettyellen]

25. thanks- I don't think they made a distinction back then - childhood schizophrenic vs adult onset ?

But I remember the first time he tried to kill himself was before he was 15, so they hospitalized him. But although the voices started at that time, he was having big problems with controlling his temper and odd behavior for quite a few years. He was very smart and incredibly creative, but had a lot of trouble getting along with people. He would constantly provoke fights, but I honestly think he never meant to hurt anyone physically, he did whatever he could to provoke a reaction of crying or screaming, so there was a bit of physical abuse too. He did destroy a lot of things, and things escalated through his teen years with my sisters mostly over that. (They were closer in age and 7-11 years older than me) I don't remember him ever having any friends really. He had another suicide attempt around 16 1/2- 17 and spent the rest of his life hospitalized and heavily medicated - this was before meds for schizophrenia- until his third, successful attempt. He started a fire on the ward, and the guards chased him- he ran up to the roof and jumped off.
Back then they had nothing at all for schizophrenia, and it runs heavily in my family. I also have a very close cousin who lived with us during her breakdown, just a few years after him, but her onset was later- about 18- 19 before we saw symptoms. Her family never got good medical help or other resources because her sociopath Mom admittedly enjoyed keeping her around the house, so she has been a hopeless mess for almost 40 years now. Very intelligent and creative too, a wonderfully sensitive girl- last time I saw her she was telling me about these long, involved, conversations she had with her parakeet. It is fucking heart breaking to see these lives go down the toilet over a little brain chemistry. Heart breaking.
Sorry to go on- it is a hard thing to edit.