Mass shooters that were abused as children

The ones that I know of that were abused are Anders Breivik, Charles Whitman, Wayne Lo, and Jeff Weise. Brenda Spencer claims to have been sexually abused by her father, and has also claimed that her whole family was abusive towards her, but these allegations appear to be unsubstantiated. (She’s also claimed that she was suicidal on the day her attack happened, was drunk and high on PCP and had hallucinations, and her drug test results were falsified). Who else was abused?

Marc Lepine
Vladislav Roslyakov
Robert Hawkins

Mitchell Johnson
Evan Ramsey

Patrick Purdy was a child prostitute apparently, not sure if that counts.

SavageGlocker wrote:

Marc Lepine
Vladislav Roslyakov
Robert Hawkins

Burn wrote:

Mitchell Johnson
Evan Ramsey

I know most of us know the contexts here, for these specific perpetrators, but it would be a lot more helpful if you and others could add more details than just a name. This is a huge problem with every "list thread" where people just write down names and then don't elaborate beyond that, and I've been guilty of the same behavior myself, but I think it's high time we started changing this behavior. A giant list of names with little context isn't going to help up and coming researchers.

EricsToastInTheCaf wrote:

Patrick Purdy was a child prostitute apparently, not sure if that counts.

He was also locked outside of his home and beaten by his mother on several occasions, growing up on the streets and in poverty.

Jesse Osborne was abused by his dad,according to court testimony.

Éric Borel mistreated by his mother, she was a very cold and tyrannical woman.

Rafael Castillo was physically abusive to both his wife and his kids, including Alvaro, and also prohibited his family from seeking medical treatment, instead making them take cold showers.

Alec McKinney's father was abusive to his family, once forcing them into the family car at knifepoint then crashing the car.

Jose Reyes was once hit 3 times in the eye by his father because he was angry Jose was having difficulty with counting money

I think Luke Woodham's mother was both verbally and physically abusive to him

Brenton Tarrant was abused by his Stepfather.

Robert Hawkins was molested by his Sister.

Anders Breivik was sexually abused by his Mother.

Child abuse is a common aspect of mass killers that isn't talked about as much as with serial killers.

Matthew Murray claimed to have been sexually abused; child pornography and articles about Ricky Rodreguiz were found on his pc.

Duane Morrison claimed to have been abused sexually and physically by his father in his suicide note. And this abuse prompted his suicide as he could not function normally and wanted to end his pain.

Brenda Ann Spencer claimed to have to have been sexually abused by her father; her story accounting the events always seems to be changing.

Eric Hainstock - His Father Would hit him with his belt as well as a piece of wood.

Asa Coon - was burnt on his arms and forehead supposedly by his older brother but would not say how the burns happened.

Nikolas Cruz was sexually abused by a 'trusted peer.' You could also argue that his biological mother drinking, smoking, and doing 'illegal drugs' while she was pregnant counts as a form of preemptive child abuse. (Source)

Charles Andy Williams was molested by a man who was the boyfriend of one of his "friends" moms

Jason Hoffman - Was thrown across a room by his father as a baby and had a childhood "marred by parental violence, alcohol and substance abuse"

Jamie Rouse - Had an alcoholic father who once killed six family pet cats with a shotgun. He also beat Jamie with a belt on occasion.

Apparently William atchison got molested as a kid. Not once but twice by two separate pedophiles but this is bill we're talking about so take it with a grain of salt.

Apparently Lauren Stuart a family annihilator was sexually abused as a child. The ultimate trigger to her committing murders though was that she and her family were banished from the Jehovah's Witness cu... religious community for wanting to send their children to college. She was a beautiful woman, a former model apparently.

It's sad. All she wanted was a better life for her children, more opportunities, careers.

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