A Portland couple tried in vain to get their son mental health treatment. Then, he killed his mother

Hunter Graham says his family’s tragedy is evidence of Oregon’s flawed mental health system, which waits for someone to commit a crime before mandating treatment.

In November, Hunter’s son Austin Graham confessed to murdering his mother, telling police he strangled her to death in their family home in what Hunter Graham believes was a psychotic episode.

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