Stephen Paddock's father 'diagnosed as a psychopath'

By: Shane Lambert

Some say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, a saying meant to suggest that children usually have the characteristics of their parents. In some cases that could definitely be for the better, however with Stephen Paddock, the man that murdered at least 59 people and injured hundreds others, it definitely seems for the worse. Back in 1969 Benjamin Hoskins Paddock made the FBI's most-wanted list, a list that Stephen certainly would have been on had he made any kind of escape after his spree killing in Las Vegas on the evening of October 1st.

B. Paddock was the subject of an article in the June 11th, 1969 issue of The Arizona Republic. The article stated that he was "balding, (stood) 6 feet 4, (had) been diagnosed as a psychopath and (was) considered 'extremely dangerous'" (no author listed). Certainly the last two characteristics applied to both father and son.