NYC Killer - Asperger's?

Post Reply New Topic

I was reading several online newspapers about Jeffrey T. Johnson, the fired NYC employee who shot his co-worker outside of the Empire State Building a few days ago. To wit:
1. He was a quiet loner
2. Ate the same thing every day - a takeout meal from McDonald's near his apt. building.
3. Blogged about his special interest - hawk watching & photographing every day in Central Park wearing a suit, no less.
4. Eccentric t-shirt designer (their words, not mine)
5. He was a creature of habit who vacuumed his one bedroom apartment every morning
6. He doted on cats and dogs, not fellow humans

Is every killer thought to be autistic?

Yah, people seem to find it hard to believe that any "sane" person would kill another person.
"Sane" people have been killing each other for thousands of years.
I don't understand why people have so much trouble grasping it these days.

Killers are usually sociopaths(ASPD). It seems like people suggest they're autistic just to start a debate on here.

Well... newsworthy killers are often "the loner...the neighbors would be lucky to get a hello from him..." types.

That was true before autism was known about. So its not "code" for autism.

So many are individuals who outwardly appear to have autistic traits.

I agree we shouldn't be jumping the gun when every infamous person of note was described as an eccentric loner, and having odd habits, and assume that they had Asperger's.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Especially since "loner"=anti-social. And sociopath=anti-social personality disorder.

Honestly, I wondered if he was on the spectrum when I read about hid behavior, loathe as I am to admit it. I also wondered if he was bullied by that guy, since that guy got into a scuffle with him in the elevator and one point and held him by his throat before letting him go. I'm not implying it's OK to shoot someone or that I think for sure he was on the spectrum.

People with mental illness are statistically more likely to be the victim of a crime,not the perpetuator.I'm really p.o.that every time this happens people think it's a mentally ill person.He was a angry bitter S.O.B.,nothing more and nothing less.