Complete supposition, but missionaries sometimes have to undergo psychiatric evaluation. I have some relatives who are missionaries and they go through a full battery of tests. Perhaps he was disqualified on those grounds.
"It appears that the suspect had been kicked out of the program three years prior and during the past few weeks had sent different forms of hate mail to the program and-or its director," police said.
In a statement, the training center said health problems kept Murray from finishing the program. It did not elaborate. Murray did not complete the lecture phase or a field assignment as part of a 12-week program, Youth With a Mission said.
"The program directors felt that issues with his health made it inappropriate for him to" finish, it said.
person that knew him on CNN - I think his name is - Rick Werner - said he wasn’t kicked out like is being reported. He said that from his parents chose not to send again on missions because of issues like his mental state.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the kid turns out to have been either schizophrenic or had depression with psychotic features, and that his parents had been trying for years to help him. It can be very hard to keep them on their meds.