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Elli Perkins née Present (1949 – March 13, 2003) was a mother of two, a professional glass artist, and a Scientologist who lived in Western New York. She was a senior auditor at the Church of Scientology in Buffalo, New York. When her son, Jeremy, began to show strange and disturbing behavior, she did not seek out psychiatric care for him. She instead tried to correct this with treatment in accordance with Scientology. Jeremy's schizophrenia progressed to the point where he felt Elli was poisoning him (among Jeremy's explanations were "she makes me take these vitamins everyday",〔 referring to the alternative medicine he was forced to take). After a failed suicide attempt, Jeremy murdered his mother. The crime received substantial news coverage including ''The Amherst Bee'', ''The Buffalo News'', the ''New York Post'', and an installment of the investigative news program ''48 Hours''. Issues included an implication that her refusal to allow Jeremy to be treated by a psychiatrist caused his eventual outburst, and her death. ==Early life== Born Elli Present, she was raised Jewish, and married Don Perkins, who was brought up with a Christian background. Elli had met Don shortly after taking a Scientology course.〔 Before coming to Buffalo, Perkins had lived in Rochester, where she attended the Rochester Institute of Technology. Elli Perkins crafted handmade glass art, and traveled to an annual Renaissance fair in upstate New York to sell her wares.〔 She had been a member of the ''Sterling Renaissance Festival'' for twenty-three years, and had helped to run the Niagara Craft Association.〔 She had been unsuccessful selling paintings, and was inspired to start glass painting by a friend. When her friend left town, the market was left open for Elli to set up shop and begin selling her painted glass works.〔 In 1979, both Don and Elli Perkins reached the Scientology state of "Clear", after taking Scientology courses and receiving "Auditing" processes.〔 The Perkins family then moved to California and lived there during the 1980s, where Elli worked at the Celebrity Centre.〔 In the late 1980s, the family moved back to Buffalo.〔 Elli and Don had a daughter, and a son named Jeremy, who lived at home and worked for Don's contracting company.〔 In addition to contracting work, Don Perkins is a cabinetmaker and carpenter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death of Elli Perkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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