A childhood in Canada. A stint on the Big Island of Hawaii. A move to the Bay Area. A stretch of pro-nudity activism. And then, most recently, an apparent obsession with pumping right-wing conspiracy theories into the internet — spending hours and days in front of a computer, filling web pages that had no apparent audience. This was the strange and peripatetic life of 42-year-old David DePape before he was accused of breaking into the San Francisco home of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and striking her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer, leaving him in need of surgeries to repair a fractured skull and injuries to his right arm and hands. Related: Ex-girlfriend of suspect in Paul Pelosi attack says he struggled with mental illness While a precise motive for the attack just before 3 a.m. Friday morning was not known, DePape reportedly asked at one point, “Where is Nancy?” City dispatch recordings indicate the intruder told Paul Pelosi he was “a friend” and planned to wait for his wife, who was in Washington, D.C., at the time. Arrested at the scene, DePape was booked on suspicion of several criminal counts, including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and dissuading a witness to a crime. Police Chief Bill Scott said DePape was hospitalized, but would not say whether he was receiving medical or psychiatric treatment, or both. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ office will have to decide on charges by early next week.
via sfchronical: Paul Pelosi attack: From nudist activism to online hate, suspect David DePape’s strange descent