Bobby Crimo, a Highland Park shooter, and his brother were frequently left behind after school programs because their mom was away or their father wasn’t available. DailyMail.com has the details.
Crimo (21 years) attended Lincoln Elementary School together with Sam. They attended LEAP afterschool programs from 2008 to 2014.
The program’s sports coach was Jeremy Cahnmann (47). DailyMail.com’s Cahnmann explained that the Crimo brothers were the most notable among hundreds of children he had taught in the past, as their parents frequently left them behind.
Although he claimed it didn’t answer why he had committed violence yesterday, the consistent occurrences made him feel like a neglected child.
Although it is not clear when Crimo and his parents split, they do not live together anymore. Crimo’s dad, Bob, was once a mayoral candidate.
Denise, his mother is an “alternative healer”.
Cahnmann recalls Bobby’s father being often at work, or forgetting about Bobby.

Bobby Crimo 21 (right) and Sam Crimo (left). Both attended Lincoln Elementary school and, between 2008 and 2014 they participated in the LEAP afterschool program. According to their coaches, they were often the last children to be picked up.

Bobby, Lynette, Sam. Staff reported that Sam and Bobby were quiet and reserved at after-school sporting programs

Bobby Crimo (right), Highland Park photographer, is pictured with Denise, his half-sister Lynette, and Sam, in a 2017 photograph.
Bobby and his brother were the last to leave. Or they forgot.
The father was a successful entrepreneur who owned a deli. The mom was always late, or he was late. The situation eventually reached the stage where the parents had to speak with the advisor from the faculty.
‘The father had a business, a deli. The mom was always late, or he was late. They had to have a conversation with their faculty advisor. In that house, nobody could reach anyone.
Jeremy Cahnmann, afterschool sports coach
He stated that ‘Nobody could gain ahold of anybody in that home,’
He stated that Bobby and his younger brother seem to be getting along well and have never had any issues in the program. But that they are quiet.
“He was shyer and more reserved than the rest, but there wasn’t any indication that he was trying to be sinister.
He stated that “the problem was more with their parents than the children.”
Crimo has not received any comments from his parents regarding yesterday’s horrors.
To carry out the attack, he disguised himself as a woman and then disguised himself to conceal from terrified paradegoers.
Crimo went then to his mother’s and borrowed her car.
On Tuesday, police said that they didn’t know if she was aware that he was her shooter and she allowed him to take her vehicle.

Bobby, Lynette his elder half-sister Her reaction to the massacre has yet not been made public.


Coaches said that Bob Crimo, the father of the shooter was “hardworking” and “nice enough”, but was always late.
The man drove away from Highland Park for about eight hours, before he was finally caught by police.
Now, he’s in FBI custody.
Crimo is not being interviewed by Bob, Crimo’s father, who owns a local deli.
Canhmann said that he remembered Canhmann as a hardworking father. He was “nice enough” but annoyed staff when he didn’t pick his children up on time.
‘What I remember of him he was a hardworking guy, he was nice enough but you know, it was problematic that he wasn’t there or he didn’t make arrangements.’


Denise was the mother of the shooter. After the massacre she gave her car to him, apparently unaware of his true identity.
Lynette, Lynette’s older half-sister and brother, hasn’t spoken out about the deaths.

LEAP afterschool coach Jeremy Cahnmann, 47,
Sam, Sam the younger brother has never been seen or heard of.
‘When I first heard it was him, it was like “holy f**k. I know that kid”.
“Then I first did was to reach out and make friends with someone. I said “was the father the one that ran bob’s deli and they were the ones that always were late.
“I worked with these kids for over 8 years. I have had thousands of children through them. There’s probably half a dozen of them that I still remember, and many for good reason. The reason he stood out in this one was not due to him, but his parents. It was an intriguing thing.
While the FBI attempts to find out what motivated the gunman, it has not been able yet to pinpoint one.
We know very little about Crimo’s high school experience, including whether or not Crimo graduated and the activities he did in his last years, aside from creating amateur rap videos.
Another such video was taken in a school classroom.
He was said to have worked for Panera Bread in the days before the pandemic. It’s not known what this role was, or how it ended.