A doctor interviewed the boy for about ten minutes and told the parents to take him home. They were over-reacting, he said. Only three days later he murdered Werner. Many people have a difficult time believing that children can be mentally ill, but they suffer depression and paranoid schizophrenia just like adults. When it goes undiagnosed and untreated, it can spell trouble.
Frustrations accumulate into rage that motivates a spree.
Michael Carneal, who shot into a prayer group in Paducah, Kentucky, was constantly baited by the other students. One day he had a gun and even then the other boys taunted him. Finally he decided to act out and he ended up killing three students. They needed to money to post bail for Sandy's boyfriend. They even took friends out to see the body.