Psychopathic Exploiters

Hard to believe, but they exist, the scum of the earth, those bottom-feeders that seem to take some kind of deranged pleasure in the misery of others.

They're the ones who shout out encouragement at desperately miserable people threatening to commit suicide. They're the ones who give handy advice to the mentally disturbed, in the interests of furthering their disturbed state of mind. They are those bereft of empathy for others, seeking pleasure in witnessing human despair at the lowest ebb of existence.

They're the enablers, the exploiters, the encouragers of human misery. Preying on the unbalanced minds of insecure and socially depressed people, lonely and looking for understanding and a few words of solace. Finding instead, those who craftily present as empathetic to their plight, all the while they skilfully manipulate the uncertainty and vulnerability of those living on the edge of unbalanced psychic turmoil.

Chance encounters through Internet connections can have devastating ultimate consequences for those whose social and self-protective antennae have been impaired through mental illness or hormonal imbalances, leaving them easy prey for the game-playing of social misfits comprehending the damage their malicious interventions will produce, and revelling in the outcome. A tragedy for the other, a triumph for them.

In Ottawa, we've learned that police in Saint Paul, Minnesota have uncovered the Internet presence of a male nurse who portrayed himself as an 18-year-old woman, insecure and troubled, yet capable of friendly, concerned overtures to another 18-year-old insecure and troubled university student. One who divulged to the on-line presence her state of mind and her thoughts of suicide.

How fortunate for Nadia Kajouji that she happened to luck in to the friendship of a young woman so very much like herself, with the same troubling worries and concerns, and the same solution through which all those uncertainties could be obliterated. Along with their lives. This young woman, who was in actuality a 46-year-old man, resembled her in so many ways, understood her problems, sympathized, and wanted to help.

So much so that they discussed the most commonly-used method of suicide among young people in the United States, helpfully recommending that Ms. Kajouji take courage and embark on that option open to her to solve all her problems. Describing the method, the type of rope to be used to ensure success; the knot to be used, and enthusing about how simple it all was. In the end, Ms. Kajouji chose to drown herself.

This was, evidently, not the first time the suspect, yet to be arrested, became involved in such situations. But it may very well represent his first and perhaps only real success in persuading a young woman that she was on the right track in solving the problems of her life as a university student overwhelmed by situations she felt herself incapable of coping with.

Nadia Kajouji's grieving parents will be relieved to see William Francis Melchert-Dinkel arrested, charged, and brought to justice. If only to ensure that his vicious malice is out of commission, and shut away he will no longer present as a danger to vulnerable young people, not knowing where to turn for help.