LAUSR

To the Editor—Upon learning that her son, Nicholas Nanes, was arrested in September 2020 for the alleged murder of two Wake County residents, Janet Allen lamented that the mental health system had failed both her son and the community. She reported to the media that her son had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was “in and out of the hospital, in and out of jail” during the past several years [1]. Ms. Allen indicated that her attempts to get her son help were unsuccessful, and she alluded to an unwillingness on his part to voluntarily engage in treatment. She noted, “severely mentally ill people may need some of their rights taken away, and I am speaking of my son” [1].