Curtis Bagley Saw Dead People; Then He Made One

[FrayedKnot]

From 2018:

Curtis Bagley, 38, had been out of prison for six days when he wedged himself behind a barrier outside a downtown Phoenix newspaper office.

“I see dead people, and they are going to kill me!” Bagley screamed, reported The Arizona Republic, where the incident took place at 10:30 p.m. March 23. Five Phoenix Police Department officers took Bagley into custody and took him to an urgent psychiatric care facility, spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Howard told the publication.

About 1 a.m. Saturday, eight days later, police say they found Bagley covered in blood on the front lawn of a home in central Phoenix with a bloody kitchen knife on the grass nearby, reported KSAZ. Inside, police found Joshua Fitzpatrick, 36, dying of stab wounds. Officers said Bagley laughed and sang a country song as they arrested him.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article207917459.html

But wait! There’s more.....

First, Bagley’s assigned behavioral health provider lost track of him mere hours after his release from prison. Then a sequence of communication breakdowns prevented doctors and law enforcement from returning him to the correct clinic. Instead, they released him back onto the streets, where meth and mental illness ravaged his mind.

It was during that period, each attorney has argued, that the behavioral health care system serving Maricopa County could’ve stopped Bagley’s spiral.

He was stabbed to death in his own home. His family says it didn't have to happen

Arguments differ in their details, but attorneys for victim's widow and the accused killer agree on the sequence of events.

www.azcentral.com

And for the piece de resistance:

Curtis Bagley booking photos over the years

Booking photos show Curtis Bagley from 1999 to 2018. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office records list at least 32 bookings into jail.

www.azcentral.com

 

[Sejanus]

Mercy kill him.

 

[Ripley]

Jesus his face slowly collapsed inwards.