Joe Metheny's murder career stemmed from his family problems, mostly that they took off on him. There was a time when the future murderer was a simple family man with a wife and a son. Metheny and his wife had some issues. According to The Baltimore Sun, Metheny spent the majority of the money he made from his low-paying job as a forklift driver for a pallet company on three things: booze, crack, and heroin. A family built around drugs probably wasn't the healthiest thing in the world, and it definitely wouldn't last.
One night, after working overtime, as the tabloid The Sun explains, the giant Metheny (he was 6'1" and weighed between 400 and 500 lbs.) came home to an empty house. His wife had taken his then 6-year-old son, who'd later wind up in foster care, and skedaddled.
Metheny wasn't what you would call "the most stable person" if his record is any reflection of his personality. He'd racked up a history of assault and disorderly conduct charges. Later, when he was sitting behind bars, he'd tell his attorney that all of his misdeeds stemmed from drugs and traumatic childhood, but that couldn't explain away his behavior. See, after discovering his new bachelorhood, Metheny went on a hunting spree.
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