Deborah Roberts

He attended middle school there.

He then moved on to the senior high school.

What kind of student was he?

On the surface, Brian appeared to have a pretty ordinary childhood.

But when you talk to people who knew him, this quiet young man seemed to be struggling socially.

Brian was an overweight kid growing up.

It's come to light that some people that were on the same bus as him said that people would throw stuff at him because of his weight.

They would make fun of him.

We had issues being picked on when he was overweight, and as it progressed into high school, he got isolated from his friends that he had at that time.

I will say, though, that he was kind of skittish in a way.

Like, he didn't really want to talk to people.

Not very social.

A lot of things changed in his life.

He had gone through a transformation.

And are you talking about a physical transformation?

Both physically, mentally, and I think just generally in life.

He was overweight and he had lost a considerable amount of weight heading into maybe his ninth grade or 10th grade year.

When he started losing the weight and trimming down, he'd like to do boxing or he worked out at the local gym.

We had a trainer that he grew very fond of.

And was that important in his life?