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Saturday morning. later on, she called me and said, you know, gus is delusional, i'm really worried, you know. and on the first of november, i went to ireland. while i was in ireland for two weeks, he never responded to an e-mail, he never picked up the phone when i called him. gus's whole attitude, his delusions had taken over, and his whole attitude just changed toward everything. >> would he express the delusions, or -- >> well, he was just -- you know, delusions of grandeur, almost, that he was a demagogue, almost, i was a slave. >> so a religious -- people have delusions of different ways...

Bright future, a future that was taken away by mental illness. early in the morning on november 19th, police received a 911 call, news of a violent attack in bath county, virginia. the victim, virginia state senator creigh deeds. deeds was stabbed repeatedly around his head and torso with multiple slashes across his face. the attack happened on deeds's property, just outside his home. the assault alone was shocking enough, but the identity of the attacker was beyond comprehension. it was deeds's son, gus, who turned a gun on himself after the attack. >> senator deeds's son, gus deeds, age 24, ...

That gus at some point in that attack, the old gus came back. i like to think that, want to believe that. >> because he certainly wasn't himself when he started. >> no, no, he wasn't himself, no. >> that's not your son. >> no. i mean, whatever took my son -- well, you know, the bipolar disorder, the schizophrenia, whatever mental illness there was that took my son and worsens in the last few months, because he was on medicatiwasn't on med wasn't keeping appointments, and there was little i could do to turn that around. i had done everything i could the day before. i had taken him to the med --...

Second victim with a gunshot wound to the head. well, at that point, i was worried about gus. when my cousin took me up to his house, there was a trooper up there. and i said -- he was going down to the house, because i told him i thought that's where gus had gone back to. and i said, please don't hurt him. you know, because i had no -- you know, honestly, i didn't know even at that time that gus was trying to kill me. i just couldn't believe, you know, i didn't want to think that. and i certainly didn't think he was going to hurt himself. i said, please don't hurt him. and when i heard that o...

There was a good bit of blood. but i like to think that gus at some point in that attack, the old gus came back. i like to think that, i want to believe that. >> he certainly wasn't himself when he started? >> no, no, he wasn't himself about. >> that's not your son? >> no. whatever took my son, the bipolar disorder, the schizophrenia, whatever illness there was, took my son and worsened in the last few months, he was on medication and he wasn't keeping appointments, there was very little i could do to turn that around, i had done everything i could the day before, i had taken him to the -- it'...