I don't know if someone has already posted this; probably, as I haven't been able to totally catch up with this thread! I heard this on tv this morning and here's an article regarding CW's mental issues and need for medication. Apparently he needs meds for his mental condition but now is probably not taking them...and he tends to self-medicate on meth when he is not on prescription drugs...(p.s. for some reason this appears to be about covid but scroll down a little at the link...it's also about CW). I copied and pasted the excerpt.
"Dale Bryant, who was White’s public defender in his appeal against 2019 convictions for a slew of violent crimes, told local news outlets that in his mind White could be drawn into a firefight with police if he is not on his meds. “When Casey is on his medication and in jail in a structured environment, Casey’s an alright guy,’’ Bryant told
AL.com without disclosing his mental illness diagnosis. “You’d never know he was a danger because he’s medicated and in a structured environment.”
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When he is not—as was apparently the case when he tried to kill an ex-girlfriend, took three people hostage, and fatally shot a dog—anything could happen. “When he’s off his medication, he usually self-medicates through drugs, usually methamphetamine, and that’s when things become a problem,’’ Bryant said. “Because even if you don’t have a mental illness and you’re on methamphetamine, you become paranoid, irrational, impulsive, and if you take someone with mental illness, it just exacerbates that.”
More than 50 years after a Florida cop’s unsolved murder, a COVID-related death may have cost investigators a huge opportunity to close the case.
www.thedailybeast.com