The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker

Yep, remember it well. Just started this too and have no idea what happens.

Watched this last night, crazy story. Remember when the axe part happened, found out about the other stuff later.

Yeah, wish I could find the old thread about him. I only halfway paid attention to it.

I am just curious if experts in behavioral health could diagnose and thought there was any type of medicine that could have helped him.

Also, I am now curious if on the appeal if they ever looked at his mental health and used that as a defense.

I just know a lot of homeless folks suffer from mental health and not sure anyone/anywhere tries to actually help them.

Yeah, they didn’t really tie it together at the end. I think it’s partially because even the police and jury don’t know for sure.

My guess is that Kai was delusional and thought the lawyer was a sexual abuser of children when he was actually a guy who occasionally hired male prostitutes.

The fact that no one came forward (publicly or in private) to say anything bad about the lawyer in the months after his death is a big strike against Kai’s story. Also his story doesn’t really add up at all. Why would he return to the house of a sexual abuser within hours? Their body language on the surveillance video at the train station is not at all aggressive or combative, the lawyer’s body had no marks of struggle, etc.

My guess is Kai occasionally had sex with men for money. Once or twice in the past, those experiences turned violent.

The guy had a savior complex, which is easy to live out on a daily basis if you’re an ER doctor. Much harder if you’re an alcoholic drifter.

So at times he invented conspiracies in his head or created scenarios where he could be the hero and step in and save the day.

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Thought it was pretty well made.

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agreed, Netflix puts out some solid documentaries.

I agree with you on pretty much everything you said but he definitely did have some traumatic things happen in his childhood.

His cousin who seemed very level-headed said some of the things Kai said were true about being locked in his room and having the sunlight blocked so he would think it’s night time.

I suspect he was a super hyperactive kid and his mom had no idea how to deal with him and did things that were quite cruel, and that she wouldn’t have done those things to a more subdued kid.

Do we need to watch this tonight?

Thanks

Just finished it.

Mental health man, it’s important. He for sure murdered that guy. This guy was just unwell. Maybe he got a tough upbringing and that messed up his psyche going forward, but he should’ve swallowed his pride and sought help. I don’t believe for a second he was traumatized as a child, he just grew up in a nontraditional home and I know that messes some kids up.