Exactly what I was thinking when I read the conversations. He seemed completely normal. Makes me think whatever drugs they have him on for his many self-reported conditions makes him that way. IDK. He was kinda witty a few times even. Natalie did seem to encourage the conversations from what he showed. She had to say "I love you" a dozen times.
SAME HERE!! I wonder if he's just SO off the wall right now out of frustration, fear, and the fact nobody is believing him. The threats-- and the threats to his FRIENDS?? (plus mental illness &too much/not enough ? meds)
He seems calmer the more he gets to "speak" and explain himself and prove what he's been trying to say all along. I'm sure it's a possibility that there's some element of him thinking--- "pretend to be normal Shawn, pretend to be normal Shawn....don't let her see just how in love with her you are with her--- she'll run" going on in those FB msg's, but GOLLY-- I never thought I'd say this, but I am now 99.999% convinced that he had nothing to do with her murder!!
He's intelligent, he's manipulative, he's cunning, motive driven, cynical and ANGRY --- but also seems to have a major issue with FRUSTRATION!!! He's got communication issues, technology issues, lack of funds, problems obtaining supporting proof, paranoia about law enforcement, issues with favoritism (pretty ppl), has had a lifetime of ppl's uneducated assumptions and opinions, ppl not walking in his shoes telling him what he should be doing all the time....
I wonder if he just comes absolutely UNGLUED and panics when the frustration boils over? Hence him calling his major melt downs "panic attacks"??
I don't know-- not a PhD----I just don't think his HEART has the capacity to intentionally physically harm someone-- least of all NATALIE or any of the ppl that he has formed an unhealthy attachments to in the past. I suspect that he's got so many overlapping diagnoses-es that we can pick it apart ALL day and get nowhere. One huge one I'd add is EMPATH. (homeless/vets)
Do we not have ANY licensed certified social workers or psychiatrists on here willing to binge his page and chip in some thoughts?
I'll eat crow if I am wrong and maybe even consider a completely new career path---- I just CANNOT see it anymore.
I believe that Natalie loved him as a person. She wasn't faking interest. Pity at times, yes. He got annoying, you can tell. Messaging her all day, every day. He became too attached and she seemed to realize it after it was too late. I see her making excuses to not respond as often--- delaying her responses with excuses to "train" him, etc. She reminds him of her (albeit scum) boyfriend(s) all the time----lest he forget she's not interested romantically. But she had a HEART OF GOLD and such empathy for him. It was sincere. It was a mutual fondness. She just had her own life and issues and I believe that he exhausted her.
Perhaps her family didn't understand him as well and influenced her too much into fearing him?
PAINS me to see her suffering- emotionally and physically in those messages and STILL putting his needs above her own. Whomever harmed this girl should be forever mentally tormented.
SS seems like the perfect made for TV Hollywood climax ending--- but I suspect the real murderer will be some lame, anti-climactic coward. SS is almost brave at this point. He may go down, but he's going down fighting like hellz.
God bless his nutso unsettled heart.
(Plz remind me that I said all of this if I'm wrong. This could be perimenopausal madness)
