According to The Providence Journal, Alahverdian is currently sitting in solitary confinement in an Edinburgh prison. His journey has been long and filled with a complicated web of lies. First and foremost he allegedly died Feb. 29, 2020 at the age of 32 after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or so his obituary reads. His wife and two children were with him at the time.

Before he even reached his so-called deathbed, Alahverdian had a deeply troubled beginning. His stepfather, David Rossi, told the Financial Times that Alahverdian's real father was a "psychopath who killed the family dog in front of his young kids." When Alahverdian's mother married Rossi, he happily adopted her three children, though he admitted to occasionally beating them. Initially Alahverdian was a quiet kid until his mental health began to decline.

In 1999 at the age of 12, Alahverdian was a ward of the state in the Department of Children, Youth and Families program in Rhode Island. To get away from a turbulent life that had very little stability, Alahverdian spent most of his time at the State House and eventually was hired as a page when he was 14. It was at this time this passion for change was ignited, with a focus on overhauling the foster care system.