Investigators are still searching for a motive for the massacre, but have increasingly been focused on Card’s mental health history. Last summer, Card underwent a mental health evaluation after he began acting erratically at an Army training facility in New York, officials said. Under Maine’s yellow flag law, law enforcement can detain someone they suspect is mentally ill and poses a threat to themselves or others. “Just because there appears to be a mental health nexus to this scenario, the vast majority of people with mental health diagnosis will never hurt anybody,” Mr Sauschuck said. In Lisbon Falls, not far from where Card’s body was found, about 150 people gathered for an evening vigil at a grassy field.

Source: The Times October 29, 2023 09:07 UTC