scotland yard's report also said that roa had illusions of being mighty, egocentric and was usually spaced out. his behavior might have changed after getting involved with rosicrucianism, to which he was introduced by a german named umland gerat eighteen months before the assassination of gaitan. apparently roa's mother noticed this and went to speak to gerat about his son's issues and told him her son believed he himself was gonzalo jiménez de quesada, the founder of bogotá. she also mentioned that roa was at gaitan's office applying for a job.