Stephen C. Paddock [View all]

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There is very little information about Mr. Paddock, the man who murdered 58 people and left 489 injured.

Even in light of a couple of days with police and an army of reporters digging through his background and life, very little about him is known.

He was not close with his family and was not on speaking terms with 2 of his 3 brothers. His mother is 90 and in a nursing home.
No close friends or neighbors. He moved around alot. No activity on social media.

The only thing that stands out is that his father was a bank robber with suicidal tendencies and a 'psychotic'.

Nothing is said about the father's psychosis.

But, one thing I've learned is that illnesses tend to run in families. It is amazing how much of the medical problems people have can be traced to someone in their family and not always just immediate family.

If the dad had suicidal tendencies, was he suffering from depression, which is something that can run in families. And what was the psychosis?

Sometimes things like this do not manifest themselves in your early years.

I know people who were perfectly okay who became mentally off in their 40s and 50s and family history had some mental illness of some kind involved.

I have no education in the medical field. This is just my observation and what I've seen over life and have experienced myself.

But, I just cannot shake the feeling that Mr. Paddock's actions can be traced to his father. Something triggered it, Somewhere along the way he destabilized. Maybe he was never stable but, was so high functioning and in his life he was able to maintain a rather low profile and go through life not really knowing people or being close to anyone that everything flew under the radar.

But, I am hoping there is a look at the link between his father and him.