His name drove him to do it. Think, 13 years in state run schools with every little bastard, and ½ the teachers and staff messing with you because of your name, not to mention, coworkers, telemarketers, the cop that checks your license...
There was a guy here in Fresno named Fagone, after years of being called Fag One, he helped some woman kill her husband and stuff him in a barrel of acid.