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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

DeLucia, Jr., who worked as a local auto mechanic, was also a hoarder and the house was packed with tools and other car repair items, Fitzpatrick added.

At the extreme, could this be a "failure to launch" child, now 57 years old, that continued to live at home being provided for by mom unable or or unwilling to provide for themselves, and finally was being forced to provide for themselves at age? Did the family make overtures to get the man mental help for decades only to be rebuffed by mom or the murderer? Now that mom was gone, the siblings were forced to deal with it?

The article doesn't contain enough information to draw conclusions.

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the article is fairly threadbare. You bring up some good questions, too.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ol' Chris Chan special, ladies and gentlemen. How does this keep happening?

[–] don@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does this keep happening?

It keeps happening because parenting can get legislated only so much. Inept and ineffective parenting isn’t exactly illegal if the child is relatively unharmed.

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think both this guy, and Chris-Chan had bigger issues than parenting...

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (16 children)
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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grief is a hell of a drug.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

He was afraid of the becoming homeless part

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He should've started with himself

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In before someone reports this - the person DID kill themselves, therefore this comment isn't advocating self-harm, so much as "I wish the harm had ONLY been to themselves"

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yes, thank you

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

if only there was a good guy with a gun :(

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's not 'fatally shooting', it's killing or murdering.

Edit: lowered the bodily functions over the life threshold using a portable metal ejecting tool.

Ok "shot dead", is that ok?

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Your wording actually gives less info.

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Re: your edit.

Fatally shot literally means "shot dead", but with a bigger word.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know. It's just that fatally shot is what policemen or "good guys" gets, a bad guy will get the "killed" headline. That's what I wanted to convey.

[–] sneaky@r.nf 1 points 1 year ago

Fatally means dead.

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