Elizabeth Cooper (aged 27): arrested after crashing her car into a house - police discovered she had set 15 fires during the past 2 weeks, she also stole car owners manuals, a bowling ball, and tulips (Columbus Dispatch,April 15, 2000)
Cooper is a middle school teacher with no criminal hx - “Miss Cooper is like so innocent… She doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would do something wrong” - student in her class
What happened to cause this?
Recently settled a civil lawsuit against a car dealership
Reports that she had been attacked in recent past
Reports that she had started taking Paxil and felt worse
Probably no single pathway can account for this behavior

Bielsa, A.