Psychiatrists examining him theorized that he was trying to make a "woman suit" to wear so he could pretend to be his dead mother, whom neighbors described as a puritan who dominated her son.
saɪkˈaɪətɹɪsts ɛɡzˈæmɪnɪŋ hˌɪm θˈiəɹaɪzd ðæt hiː wʌz tɹˈaɪɪŋ tə mˌeɪk ˈeɪ "wˈʊmən sˈuːt" tə wˈɛɹ sˌoʊ hiː kʊd pɹɪtˈɛnd təbi hɪz dˈɛd mˈʌðɚ, hˈuːm nˈeɪbɚz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz ɐ pjˈʊɹɹɪtən hˌuː dˈɑːmᵻnˌeɪɾᵻd hɜː sˈʌn.