A family visit to a college dorm ended in a double tragedy on March 2, 2018, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. James Eric Davis Sr., 48, a Black part-time police officer from suburban Chicago, and his wife, Diva, traveled to Central Michigan University to pick up their 19-year-old son, James Eric Davis Jr., for spring break. The son had shown strange and erratic behavior the day before and had told a residence hall officer someone was trying to kill him; campus police took him to a hospital for evaluation related to suspected drug abuse and his parents were notified.

After the son was released from the hospital that Friday morning, the parents went with him to his Campbell Hall dorm room to help him pack. There, using a handgun registered to his father, the son fatally shot both parents. A massive manhunt followed as the campus went into lockdown. About 16 hours later a train conductor spotted a person near railroad tracks; officers arrested the son without incident and found him hypothermic and confused.

The son was charged with two counts of open murder and a felony firearm charge.

Did anyone on campus or in Mount Pleasant notice signs about the son’s state in the days before March 2?