Very sad for the entire family. I agree with one poster when they said it is very hard to deal with someone with a mental illness on a daily basis. It sounds like he just couldn't take the stress any more. Very selfish not to take medications and then leave it to others to deal with her behavior.  The story mentioned them smoking pot before he shot her. Reading her FB posts she said something to the effect that the doctors said all those years of pot smoking caused her mental illness. Maybe they both snapped and he reacted that way because of the pot. Could happen if it were laced with something else. Yes one can be molested for years without people knowing. That kind of overkilling either means a huge amount of anger/rage, or drugs, or a sociopath. You can't know how years of abuse or years of having to take care of a mentally ill mother can drive you to do things you normally wouldn't. Hope the family can heal. I feel sorry for Eli. he has gone from one prison to another. Very sad.