The San Diego U-T published a background article on JAG today.
Here's the link:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/06/deeply-troubled-picture-emerges-of-suspects-life/
Here's an excerpt:
The article is fairly well balanced, establishing the facts of a troubled life without trying to evoke sympathy.
The San Diego U-T published a background article on JAG today.
Here's the link:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/06/deeply-troubled-picture-emerges-of-suspects-life/
Whoa! It says, ""He could be moody and aggressive when he didn’t take his medication.""
What medication? For what? Where's the doctor? IMO, a high school boy, athletic, with girl friends, yet taking medication to control mood and aggressiveness is not exactly normal.
OK it says further: ""His parents’ separation caused him extreme anxiety, eventually leading to hospitalization and psychiatric treatment, court records say.""
With a divorce rate close to 50%, a lot of children go through life without one parent. Why is JAG different?
Lots of puzzle pieces missing.
Whoa! It says, ""He could be moody and aggressive when he didnt take his medication.""
What medication? For what? Where's the doctor? IMO, a high school boy, athletic, with girl friends, yet taking medication to control mood and aggressiveness is not exactly normal.
OK it says further: ""His parents separation caused him extreme anxiety, eventually leading to hospitalization and psychiatric treatment, court records say.""
With a divorce rate close to 50%, a lot of children go through life without one parent. Why is JAG different?
Lots of puzzle pieces missing.
"Dr. Divy Kikani, a psychiatrist who treated Gardner for bipolar disorder, wrote that his patient was "extremely remorseful" for inappropriate sexual relations with two girls, ages 13 and 14. He said Gardner was "highly motivated" to get help.
Kikani didn't respond to phone messages Wednesday."
Source: Why Gardner Eluded Suspicion | NBC San Diego
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/John-Gardner-Charmed-Some-.html
At age 10 I do believe it is hard on a boy to have no father, seems like father did want to see him, gifts returned?????
At 10 is when boys start doing more and more with fathers, fishing, sports etc.
It looks like JG was emotional and started to go over the deep end and kept on going.........
then mother married a guy that got JG through high school, divorced him and married again????
and mother is an admin of mental health.............OH MY!
WTH? When was this treatment? High school? After HS?
This guy is certainly not your average pedestrian.
The article I read (I think it's the one you linked) stated that he was taking lithium at one point during high school, but stopped because of the side effects (specifically Irritable Bowel Syndrome).Whoa! It says, ""He could be moody and aggressive when he didnt take his medication.""
What medication? For what? Where's the doctor? IMO, a high school boy, athletic, with girl friends, yet taking medication to control mood and aggressiveness is not exactly normal.
WTH? When was this treatment? High school? After HS?
This guy is certainly not your average pedestrian.
I'm not sure if this belongs here, or anywhere, so please move or delete as appropriate. John Albert Gardner's mother and a male living in the home are active members of a local running/drinking/social club associated with the Hash House Harriers. This group gives nicknames to their members that are generally highly sexualized. There are numerous pictures on the website of members in various stages of undress and of provocative behavior.
They held a run on Dec 27 in the Rancho Bernardo Community Park and the route goes mere feet from where Chelsea was found. It may also be on the route where the jogger was attacked on the same day.
While JAG doesn't appear to have been part of the group, he is seen on the website at a gathering with members in November.
It's my opinion that exposure to the sexualization of runners could have affected JAG and influenced his choice of victim.
I don't want to disagree with you, but with a divorce rate close to 50%, a lot of children go through life without one parent - and they don't grow to be killers.
I too find the mother being in the mental health field ironic.
BBMI'm not sure if this belongs here, or anywhere, so please move or delete as appropriate. John Albert Gardner's mother and a male living in the home are active members of a local running/drinking/social club associated with the Hash House Harriers. This group gives nicknames to their members that are generally highly sexualized. There are numerous pictures on the website of members in various stages of undress and of provocative behavior.
They held a run on Dec 27 in the Rancho Bernardo Community Park and the route goes mere feet from where Chelsea was found. It may also be on the route where the jogger was attacked on the same day.
While JAG doesn't appear to have been part of the group, he is seen on the website at a gathering with members in November.
It's my opinion that exposure to the sexualization of runners could have affected JAG and influenced his choice of victim.