The no notifs woes, I'm so familiar. He was in Louisiana since he was 13/14 (but he was born in Boston) and until he was 21/22. And now he's a DNA analyst at the state crime lab bc bio was his major. He was a problem child of pretty big proportions, but his mom was almost completely absent sooooo. Idk if she would kinda look sideways at his slide into criminal behavior or not, but it could be an interesting path for their friendship when they were younger?