I thought the LA arsonist was a psychopath. I was wrong. He is autistic. Really strange.

[applegrove]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/accused-la-arsonist-diagnosed-with-mental-disorders-by-bc-doctor/article2290230/?cmpid=nl-news1

[lonestarnot]

1. Could you post some of the article please? with sugar on top?

I'm curious because I think one of my neighbors may be undiagnosed, barbecueing colons or colon blow tonight and it's about to gag me.

[elleng]

2. OP misleading, imo.

The man accused of a California arson rampage was diagnosed by a B.C. doctor as mentally unstable, suffering from a host of disorders including severe anxiety and post-traumatic stress.

That diagnosis was part of a legal fight Harry Burkhart and his mother Dorothee waged in 2009, one stop on a twisting trail of courtroom battles that wound from Frankfurt to Vancouver to Los Angeles and culminated in the woman’s arrest for, among other things, allegedly refusing to pay for breast-augmentation surgery in her native Germany

Mr. Burkhart watched as his mother was arrested last week, and a day later he exploded in an expletive-laced rant at her court hearing. That, authorities believe, is when Mr. Burkhart, furious over his mother's legal troubles, went on a nighttime arson binge starting Friday, setting more than 50 fires that terrorized L.A. and caused $3-million in damage. . .

“Harry Burkhart has been a patient of mine since year 2008,” Blaga Stancheva wrote to the Small Claims Court of B.C. in March, 2010, as part of a civil case the mother and son were involved in. “He suffers from autistic spectrum disorder since a very young child. Together with autism, he has severe anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and a sleeping condition currently.”


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Sounds to me that he's suffering from 'sick mother' syndrome.
Poor guy.

[lonestarnot]

3. looks to me like, doesn't matter what he's suffering from, he hurt a bunch of people by destroying

their property and we know where he's going for a long while.

[SixthSense]

4. suddenly the chain of events becomes clearer

Mother gets charged for fraud in Germany

Germany requests extradition

US Court rules against mother

Mentally disabled son emotionally/financially dependent on the mother sees removal of mother as existential threat

Son curses US for taking his mother away, can't control his anger... chaos ensues

I'm guessing seeing his mom with who knows how many clients didn't help his emotional state any

what a fucking mess