particular kept some diaries. in his diaries he d indicated a growing un s about kleasen. we had gone out there trying to home teach robert kleasen and he just went into an absolute rage. i witnessed how he would go from quiet to just leaping up and with his fist clenched and just screaming and hollering and cursing. the mormons were becoming suspicious of a man who claimed to be a spy and secret agent, but few could have guessed the real truth. far from being a war hero, robert kleasen was actually a former mental patient on the run from police,. a compulsive holder of firearms, he had been sectioned for shooting up a hospital and jumped bail in buffalo new york, after shooting a man in the foot. his conflict resolution method is to be violent or to threaten violence. he s in love with guns. he s just infatuated with guns. unbeknownst to the mormon