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{{person|name=Alek Minassian|occupation=Software Development (sporadically)|birthday=November 3, 1992|ethnicity=Armenian father and Iranian Armenian mother|image=File:Minassian.jpg|iq=Around 122 (verbal)<ref name="cbc2020"></ref>}} | {{person|name=Alek Minassian|occupation=Software Development (sporadically)|birthday=November 3, 1992|ethnicity=Armenian father and Iranian Armenian mother|image=File:Minassian.jpg|iq=Around 122 (verbal)<ref name="cbc2020"></ref>}} | ||
'''Alek Minassian''' is a | '''Alek Minassian''' is a [[autistic]], [[involuntarily celibate]] individual of Armenian descent. | ||
He has been charged with multiple first-degree murders, and also attempted murder charges. On the 3rd of March, 2021, he was found guilty in a Toronto courtroom of 10 first-degree murders and 16 attempted murders.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/517109-toronto-van-attack-guilty/</ref> He was later sentenced life in prison, serving several concurrent sentences, with the possibility of parole after a minimum term of 25 years.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/toronto-van-attacker-sentenced-life-prison-2022-06-13/</ref> | He has been charged with multiple first-degree murders, and also attempted murder charges. On the 3rd of March, 2021, he was found guilty in a Toronto courtroom of 10 first-degree murders and 16 attempted murders.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/517109-toronto-van-attack-guilty/</ref> He was later sentenced life in prison, serving several concurrent sentences, with the possibility of parole after a minimum term of 25 years.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/toronto-van-attacker-sentenced-life-prison-2022-06-13/</ref> | ||
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Though he doesn't know the family well, Mack observed that Minassian seemed to have trouble making eye contact on his solitary neighbourhood walks, and that he appeared to require extra care and attention from his parents. Mack said it was clear that Minassian had special needs. "It's a family that has struggled with this situation for a long time," he said. | Though he doesn't know the family well, Mack observed that Minassian seemed to have trouble making eye contact on his solitary neighbourhood walks, and that he appeared to require extra care and attention from his parents. Mack said it was clear that Minassian had special needs. "It's a family that has struggled with this situation for a long time," he said. | ||
==Intelligence== | |||
Despite being put in special classes as a child, psychometric assessment conducted prior to his trial found him to be articulate, with a verbal [[IQ]] of around 122. His level of [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207541/ adaptive functioning], however, was found to be "similar to that of a young child".<ref name="cbc2020">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/minassian-trial-nov-30-1.5822171</ref> | |||
==Autism== | ==Autism== | ||
Alek was reported to have [[Asperger's syndrome|Asperger]] (before Asperger's syndrome was merged into the autism spectrum), took special needs classes, and was known by students for making cat noises out of the blue. Marianne Kristiansson, PhD, professor of forensic psychiatry at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden has attempted to explain why so many young men who have commited spree killings have autism, and while not condoning or forgiving the killings, separating former autistic killers from psycopaths by explaining how autists have a hard time with verbal communication of deep frustrations.<ref>https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20121218/aspergers-violence#2</ref> | Alek was reported to have [[Asperger's syndrome|Asperger]] (before Asperger's syndrome was merged into the autism spectrum), took special needs classes, and was known by students for making cat noises out of the blue. Marianne Kristiansson, PhD, professor of forensic psychiatry at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden has attempted to explain why so many young men who have commited spree killings have autism, and while not condoning or forgiving the killings, separating former autistic killers from psycopaths by explaining how autists have a hard time with verbal communication of deep frustrations.<ref>https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20121218/aspergers-violence#2</ref> | ||