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Dave "Davey" Buckley is a man who became a mass murderer trying to commit suicide.

BackgroundEdit
Davey grew up with five siblings and started developing a history of alcoholism, depression, and bipolar disorder. Davey eventually married a woman named Maureen and had a daughter with her. He also got a job working for his brother James' construction company. James fired Davey when he started drinking on the job but still paid for his multiple rehabs. Davey sought treatment at a neighborhood clinic three separate times. On his third visit, he was prescribed a few days worth of Haldol. Maureen eventually threw him out and Davey asked James for help, but he refused.

LocomotionEdit
Thinking there is no hope, Davey steals a SVU from a guy named Lennie Thorn and prepares to use the car to commit suicide. Three days after the theft, he drives the car to a train yard and times his arrival with the shift change to avoid detection. After he notices a passenger train is coming by, Davey drives onto the tracks to kill himself. Davey miraculous survived but his actions causes the train to crash, killing twelve and injuring 250. When local authorities start responding to the train crash, Davey pretends to be another passenger injured in the wreck to avoid detection and even cut himself with
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At trial, EADA McCoy argues Davey is a calculated killer while Fallon tries to paint a picture that his client is insane, using the trial to make a statement against the poor not getting adequate health care. Davey's brother Thomas later visits him in prison to cheer him up, telling him that his defense is starting to work. However, Davey has second thoughts about the defense when he realizes he would spent the rest of his life in a mental institution. Davey fires Fallon the next day, says he wishes to represent himself, and changes his plea from not guilty by insanity to simply not

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