Amac -
That's because whether or not they helped him is a nonissue in relation to this man killing 3 people. You are ready to blame the amount of help they offered as a reason as to why he killed 3 people? Should we research every murder in history and see who failed to prevent it or offer the needed help? I think that is ridiculous.
You are missing my point entirely. These people could have died at the hands of this perp no matter what type or quantity of help the WT, a drug rehab program, or God himself gave. What I am trying to say is that the WT thinks they can solve everyone's problems and they can't - especially on issues they are not medically or otherwise qualified to handle! Additionally, because of their arrogance, these murders MAY have been prevented if they had recognized their own lack of expertise in the very real field of drug addiction - and therefore, made sure he got the right kind of help. Yes! I realize that the guy needs to want help in order to make any treatment effective, but what I'm trying to say is the JW's assumed that they could "fix the problem" when they do NOT have the qualifications to "fix" this guy whether he wanted help or not! They were no more able to "help" this guy if he came crawling to them for help than if he was forced into it against his will. The JW's should have KNOWN they couldn't do anything to help this man and done something to get him the help he needed, instead of reasurring the guy's family that, in their "expert" opinion, they could actually turn him around! They do not have the training or expertise to do so! I am not saying that the WT is responsible for the murders, I am saying that the murders MAY have been prevented if the guy got more intensive and appropriate treatment than the WT smugly thought they could give.
Additionally, a major reason the WT does this is because they are obsessed with how anything negative in their organization would be perceived by the pubic. If they can keep everything "in house" then they think they can keep any information pertaining to them which could be potentially damaging out of the public eye. They are motivated to "help" in situations such as these to protect their own reputation, not to actually do something that might have a lasting effect on someone.
growedup
P.S. Thanks for backing me up Herk - and also - I am so glad to know that neither of these "would be murderers" were able to do morbidly wound you. For what it is worth, don't you think it would have been helpful for the WT to let you know that quoting verses from the bible would elicit the same response from your attacker as wearing a garlic necklace would in the presence of a vampire? To me, this just goes to show how obsessed they are with making sure nothing bad reflects upon them. By telling you in advance of what could have avoided the first confrontation of which you speak, that would be tantamount to admitting there was someone among them that was psychotic. Couldn't have that now, you know!
However, something may have happened between Carresquillo and the Negron's church, The Jehovah Witnesses. A family member tells Channel Nine, one church member once overheard Carresquillo talking about buying a gun and killing some Witnesses.