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MAY 9, 2001

The mother of Jason W. Pritchard, the man accused of stabbing four children at a school in Anchorage, on Tuesday said her son's life and outlook began to change several years ago.

Christina Heath said her son was leading a successful life, owning a business and rental property. But around 1995, she said her son began to change, hearing voices, and mutilating himself.

After being convicted of a trespassing charge, Pritchard was involuntary committed to the Alaska Psychiatric Institute in March 1999.

Heath said Pritchard's father is from Oregon. Heath is from the Atka on the Aleutian Islands.

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