July 28th, 2019, was the day Menhaz Zaman was supposed to be graduating from Canada’s York University. Instead police were on their way to his parents home for a welfare check.

The call had been made by members of an online community after he’d sent them disturbing photos.

When police arrived, a young man answered the door calmly. But what lay within the home revealed the true chaos that had erupted within his mind.

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Research & Writing:

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