He was supposed to be suffering from early onset dementia. The dementia may have had something to do with it.
Had an older relative who was losing it mentally. He was a very nice guy not a mean bone in his body. Tried to strangle his wife one day, thought she was an intruder. Ended up in a long term care facility until he passed.
Common sense becomes irrelevant once the Alzheimer's takes over. We watched the MIL and a favorite Uncle go that way. They become very unpredictable and prone to anger. The MIL got quite violent the last couple years.
An older coworker was afflicted by Alzheimer's in his 70s. His wife was taking care of him at home, until the day he got out the shotgun and killed her. A half hour later, he did not know what had happened.
They did not even have a trial. They just put the old codger into a care facility.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
