Posted on Dec 31, 2015
Arizona dad who shot, killed two daughters has died
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This event seems to be the culmination of a 'perfect storm' of homicidal rage fueled by divorce, child custody issues, and PTSD--events that do not occur in a vacuum. What interventions might you recommend that might have broken any given link leading up to this tragedy?
Report: The Arizona dad and National Guard member who killed his two young daughters in cold blood has died, officials said. Levi Parker, 37, murdered the children, MacKenzie Lee Parker, 8, and Haylee Parker, 5, in the midst of a custody battle with his estranged wife, according to a report...The girls’ aunt, Joan Parker, told the Arizona Daily Star that Parker was trying to get custody and that he was unhappy his wife had a new boyfriend.
“He did not want another man with his girls,” she said.
“I personally think he’s been through so much in the military, almost 15 years. He could have developed PTSD or some kind of mental condition.”
Report: The Arizona dad and National Guard member who killed his two young daughters in cold blood has died, officials said. Levi Parker, 37, murdered the children, MacKenzie Lee Parker, 8, and Haylee Parker, 5, in the midst of a custody battle with his estranged wife, according to a report...The girls’ aunt, Joan Parker, told the Arizona Daily Star that Parker was trying to get custody and that he was unhappy his wife had a new boyfriend.
“He did not want another man with his girls,” she said.
“I personally think he’s been through so much in the military, almost 15 years. He could have developed PTSD or some kind of mental condition.”
Arizona dad who shot, killed two daughters has died
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As far as interventions the first would have been for him to seek help. That should have been followed with any Cognitive Therapy or Person Centered approach.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
PV2 Bengie Gonzalz LMHC I would be more proactive. Rather than wait perhaps once it was known that someone has filed for divorce they should automatically be referred to a counselor/EAP given the heightened emotions involved.
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PV2 Bengie Gonzalz LMHC
I was under the impression that most states will do a mediation before the divorce is finalize. If the mediator recommends MH before the divorce this could fix a lot of this problems. Some of the guys coming out of the service and some that still in don't want to be label with PTSD. Base on the current conditions I don't blame them. But that's another discussion.
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Really tragic turn of events. I would bet that those closest to Parker would have never guessed he would have been capable of murdering his children. The divorce if anything could have been a warning sign that something was going on and a possible chance to seek out some mental health counseling.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
SPC David S., with divorce being so common we often disregard how emotionally devastating a bad marriage AND its subsequent divorce AND child custody issues can become. Too many murder-suicides speak to that...
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