When I read of these murders and saw "McDermotts" face - the face of a wild man, I wrote I wonder if that is his real name - for he does not look like a McDermott. So, his real name is Martinez - remember when they said this man McDermott had no previous record? Did Martinez? His parents say they thought it not unusual he changed is name. Now did this guy have a record under name of Martinez and if so, for what? To even look at the guy one would have to be suspicious. Did he take the name of another person - did he have two social security numbers.......had his name been legally changed in a court of law - his parents said this was so done? So let us put the murder in the right category - he was NOT a McDermott, but a Martinez and 7 people have dead because of him.....are we to hug him and forgive him for his murders? He carefully chose his targets, as did little Klebold and Harris - their targets of course, were all Christian kids..... What were this man's first words to the police whom he obviously hated - "I do not speak German".......to owe the Feds $5,000 - and how did that happen unless the guy was some kind of a contract worker or self employed? So why blame the IRS for what this man did? Why was he attempting to erase his hard drive day of the killings? And he worked in a nuclear power plant? Is there something missing here........ What a sweet lovable son he was. Saba Parents: Shooting suspect depressedAlleged gunman in office shooting was receiving treatmentASSOCIATED PRESS MARSHFIELD, Mass., Jan. 5 — The parents of the man charged in last week's office rampage in Massachusetts say their son has been hospitalized for depression, and was being treated at the time of the deadly shootings. 'I cannot comprehend that my son did this.' — RICHARD MARTINEZ father of alleged shooter BUT RICHARD and Rosemary Martinez said Michael M. McDermott was in high spirits on Christmas Day, a day before he allegedly gunned down seven co-workers at the office of Edgewater Technology Inc. McDermott, 42, has been charged with first-degree murder. "We had the most wonderful Christmas with him," Rosemary Martinez, 71, told The Boston Globe in an interview published Friday. Crime & PunishmentComplete coverage from MSNBC.com•Add to your list of bookmarked sites "I cannot comprehend that my son did this," said Richard Martinez, 72. "I think of the seven families who have been so horribly destroyed. We're devastated for these seven families." Prosecutors have said McDermott was upset that the company was going to withhold part of his salary to pay back taxes. But his parents said they saw no signs that their son, who legally changed his last name in 1982, was having any kind of financial problems. BRIGHT BUT TROUBLED Advertisement The Case Against Hillary ClintonHillary's ChoiceAn Invitation to the White House McDermott was a bright child and a self-taught computer whiz who could fix anything, his parents said. He worked on a submarine in the Navy, then got a job at a nuclear power plant, where he suffered his first mental breakdown. His parents, who are retired teachers, said he was suicidal after a breakup with a girlfriend, and spent a month in a Massachusetts hospital undergoing treatment for severe depression. "We have a very bad genetic family history of depression," Richard Martinez said. McDermott was later hospitalized two more times. When McDermott joined Edgewater in March, he was on medication and was seeing a psychiatrist. © 2001 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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