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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Alexandria Shooter Hodgkinson Said to Be Abusive Alcoholic

James T. Hodgkinson, the man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R., La.) and four others at a Republican congressional baseball practice on Wednesday, is shown in court reports to have been an abusive alcoholic.

Cathy Rainbolt became a foster child of Hodgkinson and his wife, Sue, in 2003, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Rainbolt died in 2015 from a drug overdose, but court reports show that before she left the Hodgkinson household she was a victim of physical and verbal abuse.

Rainbolt told a judge before she died that Hodgkinson would drink every day, hit her in the face, and drag her by the hair when she would try to get away.

Rainbolt found solace at a neighbor's house. She went to live with the neighbors, Nicki Stieren and her daughter Janae Rainbolt, and took the daughter's last name after she was released from the Hodgkinsons' care. According to court reports, Hodgkinson went into Stieren's house and chased Rainbolt before grabbing her by the hair, pulling her off the floor where she was hiding under the bed and throwing her back down to the ground.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Alcohol is the most abused drug in the USA should be banned

Anonymous said...

"Alcohol is the most abused drug in the USA should be banned"

We tried that once, remember? We even amended the US Constitution to ban alcohol. How did that work out?

Anonymous said...

I agree it's the only drug that will kill you from the withdraw symptoms the others just make you feel like you your dying

Zorro said...

I think this clown was seeing. that left wingnut Job S OLSEN before he did this. she taught at the jail

Anonymous said...

He's not an abusive alcoholic anymore. He's a dead former one. Good riddance.

Anonymous said...

Another #2 but it wasn't his fault he needs help for his alcoholism.