Fragments of a troubled young life emerge, but mysteries about Anderson Aldrich remain
by Summer Lin and Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times
Nov 23, 2022
4 minutes
In the months before Anderson Aldrich allegedly opened fire on a Colorado Springs, Colorado, LGBTQ nightclub, killing five and wounding 18 others, their mother posted in a Facebook group for women in the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, asking for help for her child.
In February, she asked for recommendations for a “trauma/PTSD therapist,” writing in a comment that it was for a “21-year-old,” the same age as Aldrich at the time.
Nearly three months later, she asked whether anyone could refer her child to a private boxing coach, who she described as “6’6” tall and hits like a freight train.”
“Cannot find a good gym or anyone serious,” she wrote. The post said her
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