Larrabee was executive director of the hospital in 1977 when Chapman was hired, about two months after the abortive suicide attempt. The hospital director later told police investigators that he had no qualms about hiring Chapman, even though he had been a patient a short time before. “Mark was like one of the family,” Larrabee said. “He was extremely competent, an outstanding employee and personal friend.” Like others who had known Mark David Chapman throughout his life, Larrabee described the bewildered young man as an object of pity. He was someone who had “no enemies,” Larrabee said.
