Probably pretty darn close to the physique of his brother, Byron (photo below) – a bit beefy maybe if not with a bit of that slight middle-age paunch around the mid-section. Like Bryon, Dyl’s would’ve grown into his long, narrow face. The width of his face would be rounder and fuller and so his nose would shrink within the perspective of his wider-set face.  His chin would be less pronounced and pointy. Dyl would have a receding hairline, without a doubt.  I think he’d get premature balding before any sign of gray. After all, it runs in the family with his dad and bro. Some wrinkles on his broad forehead and traces of crinkle lines from over the years when he’d laughed hard, you know that full-on grin where his eyes just bunched up and got all squinty?  

Mm.maybe his life would’ve turned out fine but maybe not. It’s difficult to say.  The sort of depression he had needed to be addressed long-term or else it would’ve kept manifesting in college and cropping up throughout the rest of his life with failed relationships or jobs or whatever external problem he was struggling with. I tend to think he was genetically prone towards the depression too but with the right therapist and long-term treatment and also support of older, wiser friends, he could’ve pulled through.  There was definitely something special and unique about him, then, and yeah, even now.  And, I’m sure he’d appreciate the irony of how his ‘past has reacted to the present and the future and vice versa’.  But I’d say don’t worry, because Dyl’s still managed to help others, is presently helping others like himself right now. It’s all good. 🙂 

In March ‘98, Dylan offered this about his brother in his Diversion report questionaire: Brother…isn’t involved in my life and in parantheses he wrote (not a problem.) I’m sure in the weeks leading up the massacre, Dylan probably felt even more disconnected and estranged from his brother who was 20 at the time. I get the sense that Dyl viewed his brother as having caused a lot of strife in the family to the point of making the whole family go to family counseling for Bryon’s drug issues. Bryon was probably pretty checked out and self involved and Dylan likely felt abandoned. I get the feeling he pretty much considered himself to be the only son and not the youngest with an older brother. It’s almost as if Dylan had decided to cut ties with his brother out of disappointment and resentment. Like Bryon was the deadbeat, abandoning brother and in return, Dylan snubbed him by eluding he was perfectly self sufficient without his brother as he offers in his response here. They were not close the way they may have been as younger kids in the past, and according to Dylan, his brother and extended family, treated him like the runt of the litter. We don’t really know how the two were in childhood. I would think they would’ve been likely closer but the age difference of 2.5 years might’ve caused Bryon to not be on the same page with his baby brother. We should find out more about this is Sue’s book – or one can hope! 🙂