Jon Schillaci - Early Life

Early Life

Schillaci was born in Oklahoma in 1971 and had been given up for adoption as an infant. Most of his childhood, which has been described as "turbulent", was spent in Texas. During his first prison term, Schillaci told officials he had been abused by a relative as a child. Prior his arrest in 1989 he frequented the Neartown area of Houston. At the age of 17, Schillaci practiced transvestism. Schillaci has educational background in behavioural sciences, computer science, drafting, philosophy, religion and politics. He has also been described as a computer savvy, an accomplished pianist, and an adequately good guitarist. He attended, but did not graduate from Clements High School.

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