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Affluent suburb of dallas, texas. he played sports as a boy and did well in school, but as he grew older, hinckley began to withdraw. his parents chalked it up to shyness. >> from the time hinckley graduated from this high school, highland park, as an adversary in 1973 until his arrest there was also a personality change. he had become quieter. more intro verted, somewhat of a recluse. >> in 1973 hinckley moved to evergreen, colorado, with his parents. they hoped he would go to college. he did f...

He seemed to have little expression of emotion. >> dr. will carpenter, a research psychiatrist at the university of maryland was hired to give an expert opinion in hinckleys defense. >> i believed that i spent about 44 hours evaluating him. most of that would have been in interviews with him. he was self-centered, but he wasnt narcissistic. it was more like kind of a loner who doesnt have much else going on. and then would get grandiose ideas including delusional ideas. >> he made up a whole gir...

Hinckley had a seemingly normal childhood growing up in an affluent suburb of dallas, texas. he played sports as a boy and did well in school, but as he grew older, hinckley began to withdraw. his parents chalked it up to shyness. >> from the time hinckley graduated from this high school, highland park, as an adversary in 1973 until his arrest there was also a personality change. he had become quieter. more introverted, somewhat of a recluse. >> in 1973 hinckley moved to evergreen, colorado, wit...

Most of that would have been in interviews with him. he was self-centered, but he wasnt narcissistic. it was more like kind of a loner who doesnt have much else going on. and then would get grandiose ideas including delusional ideas. >> he made up a whole girlfriend for his parents for a year. she didnt exist. >> she seemed awfully real to him at times. but it was very much to manipulate his parents so that he could be off and doing what it was that he intended to do without their interfering. >...

Actress was taking a sabbatical from hollywood to attend yale university. so hinckley told his parents that he was going back to college. but at yale, not texas tech. >> so he makes up an elaborate ruse to his parents how hes going to go to yale for a writing class that doesnt exist, and all the time spends stalking foster. finds out where she live, slipping notes under her door, on the phone with her. and he would take these calls. >> who is this? oh, no. who is this? who is this? >> this is jo...

We wanted to know where hed been and what he had done as far back as we could go. >> what they found was a long trail of despair, deceit and delusion. hinckley had a seemingly normal childhood growing up in an affluent suburb of dallas, texas. he played sports as a boy and did well in school, but as he grew older, hinckley began to withdraw. his parents chocked it up to shyness. >> from the time hinckley graduated from this high school, highland park, as an adversary in 1973 until his arrest the...