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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
I worked with prisoners and former inmates while in law school. These were mostly at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater. This is probably the largest prison in Minnesota.
One of my clients beat and did other very violent things to his wife. He did seem to be rather disliked by the other prisoners just judging by their body language and the like I noticed when I visited him at Stillwater. And the judge and others I interacted with on his behalf seemed to loathe this man. He did seem like a very poor excuse of a human being and his criminal history bore that out.
Anyway, it is hard to generalize what might have happened from scant individual facts. And so far I have not seen anything to suggest that this man in the news, Brian Laundrie, is a sociopath. He might just have lost it in a fit of rage caused by what looks like mental health problems of both Gabby Petito and her boyfriend.
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Aside from this case, which I know little about, sociopaths are a fairly common personality disorder. They estimate 1 in 25 have it but often times it goes undiagnosed because they can lead normal lives without interfacing with the law and the like. But as you suggested, he may have just snapped and committed a heinous crime. It can even happen to those without any mental health issues.