A Minnesota man has murdered his wife and two children and killed himself after ranting online about the election of President Donald Trump.
46-year-old Anthony Nephew killed his wife, ex-partner, and two sons before taking his own life on Thursday.
Nephew had a “pattern of mental health issues,” according to Duluth Police Chief Mike Ceynowa.
They found Nephew’s ex-partner Erin Abramson, 47, and their son, Jacob Nephew, 15, dead in Abramson’s home with gunshot wounds.
After identifying Nephew as a suspect, they then found his 45-year-old wife, Kathryn Nephew, and their 7-year-old son, Oliver Nephew, shot dead inside the family home.
Nephew’s body was also found alongside his wife and young son.
As far back as July, Nephew had been ranting online against Trump and the Republican Party.
However, his rants were related to false corporate media reports based on Trump’s comments that were taken out of context.
“My mental health and the world can no longer peacefully coexist, and a lot of the reason is religion,” he wrote in July.
“I am terrified of religious zealots inflicting their misguided beliefs on me and my family. I have intrusive thoughts of being burned at the stake as a witch, or crucified on a burning cross.
“Having people actually believe that I or my child are Satan or, the anti-Christ or whatever their favorite color of boogie man they are afraid are this week.”
“Not that anyone cares, but as an Independent voter, I would really like to see both the political parties in our country pick better candidates,” he wrote at the time.
“We can do better than a binary choice between fascism and not fascism.”
As far back as 2021, and somewhat prophetically, he wrote in an op-ed for the local Duluth news:
“For millions of Americans, a breakdown leads to suicide — or homicide before suicide.”
“Mental health in this country is stigmatized, ignored, or treated as a burden for the individual to bear alone, with little help and less understanding,” he wrote.
“Americans deny they have mental health struggles. Because they have to, because they’re told to, or because they don’t realize their mind is broken,” he added.
In a separate post, Nephew even accused the Republicans of “making it harder for women to leave” abusive relationships.
“Gilead here we come,” he said, in reference to the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Another post by Nephew features an image of Trump with former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The word “hate” was written beneath Trump’s face, while words like “hope,” “heal” and “grow” were added under the Democrat politicians.
Sadly, Nephew’s rants did not give any clues about what he would go on to do.
Certainly, Democrats’ contentions that Trump was a “threat to democracy” and that all kinds of horrible things would happen if he was re-elected cannot be ignored.
