When did you realize that by not dating or hanging around a certain person was actually dodging a major bullet?

When I was 17 I had this “friend” who was being beaten by his father. Feeling sorry for him, I let him live in our house secretly. After a falling out with my father a few months later, I hit the road with this kid. Living in some random places for several months, doing lsd and other drugs together, and just being dumb rebellious teens and what not. After several months we split ways and stopped talking. 5 years later I see a news article about him cutting the ear off of his 70+ year old room mate with a machete. The mug shot of him had his face all scabbed up, most likely from excessive meth use. It scares me that I had that kid in my family home and did hallucinogens with him.

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