His parents, Robert and Diane Long, bought the place in 2002 for $127,500, according to real estate records. In the school yearbook, Long was quoted as saying, “I really feel like God is wanting me to be a leader in the church.”An unsteady adult lifeBut after finishing high school, Long seems to have drifted. He was also frequenting massage spas, one of his friends said — including, according to Atlanta police, the same Atlanta spas where this week’s slayings occurred. Bayless said he urged Long to seek psychiatric or psychological care, but Long insisted on sticking to spiritual counseling. “He was uninterested in therapy that was not specifically related to the church,” Bayless said.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2021 00:45 UTC