00:00Today's question is, can I analyze the case of Jeremy Bamber?
00:04Just a reminder, I'm not diagnosing anybody in this video,
00:06only speculating about what could be happening in a situation like this.
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00:19First, I'll look at the background of this case.
00:21I'll move to the timeline of the crime, then offer my analysis.
00:25Jeremy Bamber was born in London, England, on January 13, 1961.
00:32His mother gave him up for adoption not long after he was born.
00:36Jeremy was adopted by Ralph and June Bamber when he was six months old.
00:41Ralph is often referred to by his middle name, Neville, so that's the name I will use.
00:46Neville and June lived at White House Farm,
00:50which is near the village of Tolleshunt-Darcy in Essex.
00:54This is about an hour and a half northeast of London.
00:57The couple lived in a large Georgian house on the 300-acre farm.
01:02In addition to the farming business, they ran a campground.
01:06Neville had been a pilot for the RAF and worked as a magistrate.
01:11June suffered from depression and spent time in mental health facilities.
01:15Four years before adopting Jeremy, the couple adopted a girl named Sheila Caffel.
01:21Sheila married in 1977.
01:24She had twin sons in 1979, Nicholas and Daniel.
01:29Sheila divorced in 1982.
01:32She struggled with mental health symptoms like paranoia, erratic behavior, and psychosis.
01:38At various times, she was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia.
01:43She was treated in mental health facilities on several occasions.
01:47Her two sons mostly lived with their father in North London.
01:53Sheila's adoptive mother, June, did not get along well with Sheila and often did not approve of her behavior.
02:01June had very strict religious beliefs and didn't really seem to understand mental health symptoms.
02:07She believed that Sheila's symptoms came from Satan.
02:11She even referred to Sheila as the devil's child.
02:14In March of 1985, Sheila had a psychotic episode and was sent to a mental health facility.
02:21She thought she was communicating with God directly and believed that people were trying to kill her.
02:27Now moving back to Jeremy Bamber.
02:30Jeremy was sent to boarding school but did not perform well academically.
02:35After leaving school, Jeremy had spent time in Australia and New Zealand.
02:39Some people claimed that he bragged about committing crimes when he was traveling.
02:43Jeremy eventually returned to the United Kingdom.
02:46He had a series of low-level jobs, like in restaurants and bars, but eventually worked on the farm, which
02:53is what his father wanted him to do.
02:56Jeremy moved into a house owned by his father, which was three and a half miles away from White House
03:02Farm.
03:02In 1983, Jeremy met a woman named Julie Mugford.
03:07They became romantically involved.
03:09This takes us to the timeline of the crime.
03:12On August 4, 1985, Sheila, Nicholas, and Daniel arrived at White House Farm with the intent of spending the week
03:20with Neville and June.
03:22The housekeeper saw Sheila that day and did not notice anything out of the ordinary with her behavior or mood.
03:28Two of the farm workers saw Sheila the next day.
03:32They would later say that she appeared to be happy.
03:34On August 6, Jeremy was working on the farm.
03:38He would later say that during his time there, he told Sheila that she should put her sons in daytime
03:44foster care with a local family.
03:46He said that Sheila did not have a strong reaction to this suggestion.
03:51Jeremy said that when he was at the farmhouse, he heard rabbits, so he loaded a .22 caliber semi-automatic
03:58rifle.
