The Honorable Rodolfo A. Ruiz II

Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr US Courthouse

400 N. Miami Avenue

Courtroom 11-2

Miami, FL 33128

Dear Judge Ruiz:

We are Robert and Michele Lubitz, Joshua's father and mother. We

love our son very much and have a very close very loving multi- generational family. I, Joshua's father, was a manufacturers rep for 30

years and have always valued this. Even though I am now retired, what

I learned over those many years will stay with me always. We have

lived in the same home, which we now own, for over 40 years. This is

the home we raised our children and now grandchildren in. All our

children and grandchildren live very close to us and we are grateful

and proud of the bond we all share. I, Joshua's mother, worked as a teacher for 24 years and this became

a big part of how me and my husband raised our children. Our kids

were raised with the expectation that they would do well in school and

that this was extremely important to us. They all received good grades

and had very few disciplinary problems. Josh had some adjustment

issues in college and came home to try to recenter himself for the

future. Our son has suffered from Chronic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

(OCD) for over 5 years now and we have not seen his symptoms abate

in anyway over this time. His OCD symptoms include coughing

multiple times before entering a room, touching things multiple times,

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turning lights on and off multiple times, excluding himself from family

events, excluding himself from a life period, issues with daily activities, and being unable to attend events with large crowds. Also he does

tend to mumble to himself and speak to himself a lot. He may do this

in public or while in a crowded area. He also may or may not be aware

of the fact he is mumbling or that he is speaking to himself. This

seems to be most serious when he is very worried or doing something

that may cause him serious anxiety. This also tends to be one of the

more serious symptoms of his OCD. Even before being diagnosed with Chronic OCD Joshua was seeing a

psychologist to help cope with these issues. When he was diagnosed

he was prescribed medication which he stills takes. He is still seeing

the psychiatrist that diagnosed him on a regular basis. He was able to

afford these doctors because of the insurance provided by the jobs he

use to work. His last insurance was with the affordable care act. When

he was no longer able to work, the affordable care act insurance

became way to expensive to afford and he hasn't had any form of

insurance since then. He still needed his medication so we had him

continue seeing the psychiatrist. He has always needed the help of a

psychologist and when he gets the financial assistance he needs he

will be able to begin seeing a psychologist again. When he was no longer able to work, we do believe that seeing a

psychologist would have been a great help for Joshua. He needed to

talk to someone that knows about OCD and it's overwhelming side

effects. We are positive this would have helped him in many ways we

could not. Josh is very intelligent and has extraordinary abilities. He has always

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excelled at technology, working with people, and finding solutions to

problems others could not. This has always helped him in the jobs he's

worked in the past and at home as well. Josh is so much more than his diagnosis. Joshua has always been a

very special and gentle soul. He is a sensitive, considerate, empathetic, honest, interesting, and intelligent person whom we love with all of our

hearts. He enjoys taking long relaxing drives. These drives help him get out of

the house and are very important to him. They allow him to clear his

head, go out and see places, and just relax and are a very important

part of his life. Sadly paying for the gas and automotive repairs are

extremely difficult because me and wife financially support him

entirely. Joshua also loves spending time with his nephews. They are the

largest and most constructive part of his life. Aden 5 and Liam 8 are

also the greatest joys in his life and bring him such happiness. He

does so much with them and they all learn so much from each other. He takes them to the library to read books, to the park to play, and to

multicultural centers. He plays basketball, football, soccer, and

baseball with them. Most importantly he swims with them in their pool

at least 3 times a week. They love playing pool games and are

amazing together. Again sadly he is extremely limited at what he is

able to do with them becuase of our financial situation. Even so he

does manage to do a lot of wonderful things with them. We are heartbroken that he hasn’t been able to work in the past 7

years and has stopped reaching any benchmarks of adulthood. As the

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OCD and anxiety have gotten worse, Josh’s world has gotten smaller. He stays home much of the time, except when visiting his siblings and

nephews. He hasn’t worked in 7 years and socializes outside the

family very little. His talents are unrecognized outside the family and

this is a tragedy. To this day, Joshua has never been someone who seeks out any form

of confrontation. He would rather walk away from anything unseemly

than stay and exacerbate the situation. Actually, we’re like that too. The whole family is. We have struggled to financially support him on our retirement income

alone, which is all we have to live on. This does seriously worry us

about the future, but we will continue to help and support him in any

way we can, along with the help of our family. We truly believe our son is a warm, kind, and decent person and tries

to be this always. We know in our hearts this is what will show through. Sincerely, Robert Lubitz and Michele Lubitz

9050 N.W. 24th St. Sunrise, FL 33322

Cell: (954) 661-3656

Cell: (954) 478-5378

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