I believe Shipman’s motives were several. One, his mother died of cancer which may have caused a form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which may have caused an duty to avenge his mother’s death. Second, he may have believed that he was doing the victims a service by practicing euthanasia and ridding society of a future burden and relieving the victim and family of a prolonged death (their savior of sorts). Third, he may have had a form of “God complex”, he was able to control a person’s future, and life and death were at his discretion. Fourth, psychopath; by all accounts, Shipman exhibited several traits of a psychopath 1) Trustworthy; 2) Steady-normal job; 3) Appeared to have a normal loving relationship with his family; 4) Engaged
