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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Nikolas Jacob Cruz was born on September 24, 1998, in Margate, Florida to Brenda Woodward, a woman with a violent criminal history who has been arrested 46 times including in 1998 when she was caught buying crack cocaine while six months pregnant with Cruz. He and his half brother were adopted by Lynda and Rodger Cruz. By the time he was 3, he was diagnosed with developmental delays. By the time he was | Nikolas Jacob Cruz was born on September 24, 1998, in Margate, Florida to Brenda Woodward, a woman with a violent criminal history who has been arrested 46 times including in 1998 when she was caught buying crack cocaine while six months pregnant with Cruz. He and his half brother were adopted by Lynda and Rodger Cruz. By the time he was 3, he was diagnosed with developmental delays. By the time he was 6, he suffered the trauma of witnessing his father's death by heart attack. Lynda was left to raise the 2 boys all by herself. | ||
Nikolas wasn’t an easy child. He had been diagnosed with a string of disorders and conditions: depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, emotional behavioral disability and autism, records from the state Department of Children and Families show. His mom told sheriff’s deputies he also had obsessive-compulsive disorder and anger issues. | Nikolas wasn’t an easy child. He had been diagnosed with a string of disorders and conditions: depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, emotional behavioral disability and autism, records from the state Department of Children and Families show. His mom told sheriff’s deputies he also had obsessive-compulsive disorder and anger issues. |