This is one case that is quite close to my heart.

Reasons being...

1) He is of the same age as me and I cannot imagine how much he has been through
2) This case is one of the reason I realized how the system can fail its people

Donald Rudolph, 23, is currently held in Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane (a harsh as fuck place btw - refer to the end of post). He spent his younger days bouncing from foster home to foster home where he was abused and neglected.

He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder and tourettes and had absolutely no help. Exactly 11 months before the murders, Rudolph turned 18 and got legally "aged out" of the system, leaving him jobless, homeless and involved with drug use. Being homeless, he lived in the woods for 9 months.

On November 10, 2011, a disoriented Rudolph was found covered in blood in his parent's home. He had killed Frederick Medina - the boyfriend's of Rudolph's mother, Paula - Rudolph's mother and Caylin - Rudolph's sister. Rudolph's other sister, Brittany, escaped the murder as she was away in collage.

Brittany did not blame Rudolph for the sudden outburst, but instead, she stated that the state officals missed the obvious signs that Rudolph needed help and resources. "The way they handled it - the system," she says, "they basically created a criminial."

Donald Rudolph is no way a cold-blooded murder. Even til this day, he has no recollection of what he has done and thinks that his mother is currently being held by the government.

On Bridgewater State Hospital's harsh treatment:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jBiSALYC08
- http://self.gutenberg.org/articl…/bridgewater_state_hospital
- http://www.dlc-ma.org/…/Public%20Report%20-%20Another%20Sen…