He had already been expelled from Stoneman Douglas - where his friend still attended school - and the family encouraged him to take adult education courses and helped him get a job at a local dollar store, according to family attorney Jim Lewis. did have some kind of emotional problems or difficulties,” Kumbatovic also told the paper.Īfter the unexpected death, the brothers briefly moved in with friends in Palm Beach County, but Nikolas left shortly afterward when a friend’s family said he could stay with them in northwest Broward County, the Sun-Sentinel reported. “I know he did have some issues and he may have been taking medication. She was probably too good to him.”Īn anonymous family member told the Sun-Sentinel that Nikolas had been diagnosed with autism. “Lynda dealt with it like most parents did. She recalled how Nikolas once sicced his dog on a neighbor’s pig - and how Lynda tried to discipline the boy but may have fallen short. “I don’t think it had anything to do with his upbringing. “She put a lot of time and effort into those boys, trying to give them a good life and upbringing. “Lynda was very close to them,” sister-in-law Barbara Kumbatovic told the Washington Post. She was otherwise healthy before checking into the hospital, the cousin told the network. 1 of pneumonia, cousin Kathie Blaine told ABC News. Lynda, 68, checked into a clinic with the flu and was rushed to a hospital, where she died Nov. He and younger brother Zachary were adopted as infants by Roger and Lynda Cruz, but Roger died from a heart attack a decade ago, leaving Lynda to raise the boys herself, according to family. Suspect Nikolas Cruz, 19, is accused of killing 17 and injuring more than 15 when he opened fire inside South Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday. The deranged 19-year-old accused of the worst school shooting since the Sandy Hook massacre may have been sent over the edge when his single mom died of complications from the flu in November, family said. Parent of Parkland victim wears same suit he wore to their last father-daughter dance on stand Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz 'studied' Columbine, Virginia Tech massacres Deschamps says she told the police she was afraid Cruz would return to her home with a gun.Parkland school shooting horror reenacted for lawsuit against sheriff’s deputy who failed to helpĮnraged Parkland parent calls for school shooter to be murdered in jail In the third call, she said, she reported Cruz punching walls and punching Deschamps' older son. The second 911 call came when Cruz was discovered digging a hole in the backyard, apparently to bury a large gun box that was empty at the time. I told them that Nikolas was 19 years old, but he felt mentally and emotionally similar a twelve-year-old." Deschamps wanted the police to prevent him from doing so.īut she recalled that the police "said they couldn't stop him from buying or having possession of guns. He hadn't yet taken possession of the gun because of the waiting period. She said the first time it was after her mother found a receipt for a newly purchased rifle and ammunition in Cruz's room. She called 911 on three separate occasions. "At first he was on his best behavior," Deschamps said. Nikolas Cruz lived with her for less than a month. The guns "were taken to friend's house where I was assured by the friend's parents that they would be locked up," said Deschamps. So Deschamps told Cruz when he moved in with her that he had to store his firearms someplace else. She said Lynda Cruz told her Nikolas once held a rifle to her head. She'd seen what she described as "army guns" in the Cruz home which was next door to her own. She knew about Cruz and his fascination with firearms. National Students Walk Out To Protest Gun Violence 1 Month After Parkland Shooting
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